cadavers

Definition of cadaversnext
plural of cadaver
as in corpses
a dead body medical students who train by using cadavers

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Recent Examples of cadavers More than a dozen city, county and state agencies worked together, deploying drones, using dummies as cadavers, and taking on the roles of victims, triage and others to make the drill as realistic as possible. Mark Prussin, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026 According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured. Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 The series doesn’t shyaway from the gory intricacies of death, including decaying cadavers and the detailed autopsies Kay performs. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026 Jobs more closely tied to Neuralink’s brain interfaces include an operating room specialist and a neurosurgeon resident to carry out experimental brain-computer interface procedures using human cadavers or large animal subjects. Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026 The human remains found on a University of Oklahoma construction site are believed to be cadavers from the early 1900s, according to a new statement from university officials. Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 26 Feb. 2026 Currently, students practicing complex surgeries rely on cadavers, which are expensive, difficult to source, and ethically complex. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026 More than 300 students would pack this theater to watch professors dissect human cadavers – mostly bodies of criminals from another town. Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026 The team approached the problem by taking samples of organs from cadavers and dissolving them, removing presumably normal tissue and leaving behind a residue of what might be plastic. F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cadavers
Noun
  • His body languished for years inside the room-temperature building in Penrose with other corpses before their discovery.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Three other roach corpses were spotted around the restaurant.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Anacapa Island, for instance, has no services aside from some primitive campsites, a lighthouse and limited hiking options, but is also a major seabird rookery from April to August, which translates to lots of bird poop, noise, bird carcasses and territorial bird behavior.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026
  • New York has implemented a strict policy that no deer carcasses can be brought into the state, despite whether it was shot in a chronic wasting disease positive state or not.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Cadavers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadavers. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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