as in corpse
a dead body medical students who train by using cadavers

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Recent Examples of cadaver In the days after the fires, the authorities searched properties with cadaver dogs and rescue workers in the hopes of finding those reported missing. Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025 News that cadaver dogs did not definitively pick up any traces of Shaffer there or anywhere else around the bar. Alex Gurley, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025 An extensive search was done over the weekend, including cadaver dogs, drones, and a dive team, but no additional clues turned up, authorities said. Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025 In the earliest days of Western science, dissection of both animals and human cadavers laid the groundwork for modern surgery and medicine. Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cadaver

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“Cadaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadaver. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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