A dead human body that may be used by physicians and other scientists to study anatomy, identify disease sites, determine causes of death, and provide tissue to repair a defect in a living human being. Students in medical schools study and dissect cadavers as part of their education. Others who study cadavers include archaeologists and artists. It [..]

c. 1500, from Latin cadaver "dead body (of men or animals)," probably from a perfective participle of cadere "to fall, sink, settle down, decline, perish," from PIE root *kad- &quo [..]

A dead body, usually one being used in medical research.

A term generally applied to a dead human body preserved for anatomical study.

Latin word for "dead body, cadaver."

noun Definition: the body of a dead person: corpse Example Sentence: Students practice on cadavers in medical school.

(n) the dead body of a human being

  A dead body

N corpse| cadaver| dead body; ruined city

A dead body, usually a Human Body.

A dead body, usually a human body.

A dead human body.

A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.