What does "cadaver" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "cadaver"?

Common synonyms include: body, corpse, corpse, ashes, body, bones.

//kəˈdævɚ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected. literary
"He and his best friend saw a cadaver and ran screaming."
2
the dead body of a human being wordnet

"Tell him that I have perished and that my cadaver is now being used by medical students at a leading Catholic university."

From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.

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