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cadaver

[kuh-dav-er] / kəˈdæv ər /
NOUN
dead body
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
body stiff the deceased the remains
Antonyms
WEAK


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When the mummy was found in 1991, it was initially treated as a normal cadaver.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

A third group of six cadaver donors provided additional skin samples to strengthen the control group.

From Science Daily Dec. 15, 2025

“They brought in two cadaver dogs looking to see if anyone was still trapped under the rubble, and the dogs cleared everything,” Hurd said.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2025

He can also use a state-of-the-art cadaver lab, a rarity for undergraduates.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2025

“You’re not like that other sort,” Cobb told him one night when they carried a cadaver through the back door.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Much of early topographical anatomy – the careful mapping of structures in relation to one another – depended on cadavers obtained through grave robbery.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

However, some of this research -- particularly one claiming to have found a plastic spoon's worth of microplastic in the brains of cadavers -- has recently come under stinging criticism from scientists.

From Barron's Jan. 27, 2026

Eventually, the discovery of formaldehyde and the use of embalming fluids reduced the demand for cadavers, as did the growing number of people donating their bodies to science.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

Like most medical schools, the University of California does not profit from its body-donation programme, and it has strict guidelines for how corpses - or cadavers, as they are known medically - should be handled.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2025

Mr. Huffer was waiting for us in the back room where he prepared all the cadavers.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos




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