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

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Recent Examples of cadaver 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 One day, Jennifer, who is working in a pathology lab, is asked to incinerate a fresh cadaver. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 Still, an extensive search involving underwater drones, towable submersible sonar, divers and three K-9 cadaver teams did not turn up Borgwardt's body. Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024 Search and recovery operations are underway in the Eaton and Palisades fire zones using cadaver dogs and grid searches, Luna said. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 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 28 Mar. 2025.

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