Examples of cadaver in a Sentence
medical students who train by using cadavers
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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.
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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
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
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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
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
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“Cadaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cadaver. Accessed 14 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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