CADAVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cadaver mean? 

• CADAVER (noun)
  The noun CADAVER has 1 sense:

1. the dead body of a human being

  Familiarity information: CADAVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CADAVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The dead body of a human being

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cadaver; clay; corpse; remains; stiff

Context example:

honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay

Hypernyms ("cadaver" is a kind of...):

body; dead body (a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cadaver"):

cremains (the remains of a dead body after cremation)

Derivation:

cadaveric; cadaverous (of or relating to a cadaver or corpse)

 Context examples 

Finally, the scientists found FOXO3 in cochlear hair cells from a human cadaver, supporting the idea that it may also play a role in human hearing.

(Protein involved in hearing loss recovery, NIH)