cadaver

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ca=dav=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

cadaver, n. [L., fr cadere to fall.].

 A dead human body; a corpse.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cadaver, n. esp. Med. a corpse.

Derivative

cadaveric adj.

Etymology

ME f. L f. cadere fall

THESAURUS

cadaver

ashes, body, bones, carcass, carrion, clay, corpse, corpus delicti, crowbait, dead body, dead man, dead person, decedent, dry bones, dust, earth, embalmed corpse, food for worms, late lamented, mortal remains, mummification, mummy, organic remains, relics, reliquiae, remains, skeleton, stiff, tenement of clay, the dead, the deceased, the defunct, the departed, the loved one

ROGET THESAURUS

cadaver

Corpse

N corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones, defunct, relics, reliquiae, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay, mummy, carrion, food for worms, food for fishes, tenement of clay this mortal coil, shade, ghost, manes, organic remains, fossils, cadaverous, corpse-like, unburied, sapromyiophyllous.