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medical students who train by using cadavers
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An extensive search was done over the weekend, including cadaver dogs, drones, and a dive team, but no additional clues turned up, authorities said.
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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“Cadaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cadaver. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
cadaver
noun
ca·dav·er
kə-ˈdav-ər 
: a dead body especially of a person : corpse
Medical Definition
cadaver
noun
ca·dav·er
kə-ˈdav-ər
plural cadavers also cadavera
-ə-rə
: a dead body
specifically
: one intended for use in medical education or research
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