cadaver
nounUK /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/ · US /kəˈdævɚ/
Etymology From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.
- He and his best friend saw a cadaver and ran screaming.
- “Then my first year of med school, we got our first cadavers, and there was so much data inside. You can be sure a patient will lie about how much they drink or how much they smoke, but with a cadaver, all the information is there.”2020, Raven Leilani, Luster, Picador (2021), page 98:
- Derived terms
- cadaver dog, cadaveric, cadaverine, cadaverize, cadaverous, cadaverously, cadaverousness
- Related terms
- cadence