(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
the dead body of a human being — especially one used for medical study- A cadaver is assigned to each medical student.
cadaver = the dead body of a human being — especially one used for medical study
- These cadavers were so unhuman-looking they didn't bother me a bit.Sylvia Plath -- The Bell Jar
- The idea of identifying three cadavers didn't appeal to Holly.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- It was interesting being this, a cadaver, an experiment.Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
- There's no one other than the man unloading his cadaver drawers.Susan Ee -- Angelfall
- He saw sheep cadavers, big bonfires, and a dozen ranch hands.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- No one knows where they get the cadavers; or no one knows for certain.Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
- 1422: Attacking forces launch decaying cadavers over castle walls in Bohemia.Ted Dekker -- Black: The Birth of Evil
- To a cadaver and a very limp wrist.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- And you expect me to use my hearse to cart the cadaver?Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
- SMP feels like a cadaver.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- You never did tell me what your people eventually do with a cadaver.Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road
- In between school and schoolwork, Theresa pitched in, happy to get away from her cadaver.Gish Jen -- Typical American
- In the photograph he looked already a cadaver.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- They entered the dairy, and at dawn the milk was sour and full of minuscule cadavers.Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
- "I have that honor, Ser Jaime " The cadaver's eyes were rimmed in red, his hair thin and dry.George R.R. Martin -- A Storm of Swords
- "Leonardo da Vinci drew cadavers," Ruth said softly.Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones
- Physically, he would be considered a hunk at the university or even as a cadaver in an autopsy room, which was preferable to her.James Patterson -- Kiss the Girls
- The new ant put down the cadaver vaguely and began dragging the other two in various directions.T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
- The skin on his face was shrunken like a cadaver's.Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
cadavers = dead bodies of human beings — especially in reference to medical study