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

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Recent Examples of cadaver 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 Overall, cadaver brain samples contained seven to 30 times more tiny shards of plastic than their kidneys and liver, said co-lead study author Matthew Campen, Regents’ Professor and professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025 Researchers from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma State University, Duke University and La Universidad del Valle en Cali in Colombia analyzed brain, liver and kidney samples from 47 cadavers. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2025 For your Minnesota spring reading list, here are two novels that coincidentally involve foster children as well as an adventure with cadaver dogs. Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 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 15 Apr. 2025.

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