Meanings
plural cadavers · plural cadavera
- literarymedicineA dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.First known use late 14th c.
He and his best friend saw a cadaver and ran screaming.
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“Then my first year of med school, we got our first cadavers, and there was so much data inside. You can be sure a patient will lie about how much they drink or how much they smoke, but with a cadaver, all the information is there.”
2020, Raven Leilani, Luster, Picador (2021), page 98
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Origin
- Latincadāver
- Middle Englishcadaver
- Englishcadaver
From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans kadawer
- kadawera dead body
Ancient Greek πτῶμα, νεκρός
- πτῶμα (ptôma)a dead body
- νεκρός (nekrós)a dead body
- νέκυς (nékus)a dead body
Arabic جُثَّة
- جُثَّة (juṯṯa)a dead body
Bengali বিশীর্ণ দেহ
- বিশীর্ণ দেহ (biśirno deho)a dead body
Bulgarian труп
- труп (trup)a dead body
Catalan cadàver
- cadàvera dead body
Chinese Mandarin 屍體 /尸体
- 屍體 /尸体 (shītǐ)a dead body
Czech mrtvola
- mrtvolaa dead body
Danish kadaver
- kadavera dead body
Dutch kadaver, karkas
- kadavera dead body
- karkasa dead body
- krenga dead body
Esperanto kadavro
- kadavroa dead body
Estonian laip, korjus
- laipa dead body
- korjusa dead body
Finnish ruumis, kalmo
- ruumisa dead body
- kalmoa dead body
French cadavre
- cadavrea dead body
German Kadaver, Leiche
- Kadavera dead body
- Leichea dead body
Greek πτώμα
- πτώμα (ptóma)a dead body
Hungarian tetem
- tetema dead body
Indonesian kadaver
- kadavera dead body
Italian cadavere
- cadaverea dead body
Japanese 死体
- 死体a dead body
Latvian līķis
- līķisa dead body
Lithuanian lavonas, negyvėlis
- lavonasa dead body
- negyvėlisa dead body
Māori tūpāpaku
- tūpāpakua dead body
Polish zwłoki
- zwłokia dead body
Portuguese cadáver
- cadávera dead body
Romanian cadavru
- cadavrua dead body
Russian труп, кадавр
- труп (trup)a dead body
- кадавр (kadavr)a dead body
Slovak mŕtvola
- mŕtvolaa dead body
Spanish cadáver
- cadávera dead body
Swedish lik, kadaver
- lika dead body
- kadavera dead body
Tagalog bangkay
- bangkaya dead body
Tamil பிணம்
- பிணம் (piṇam)a dead body
Thai อาจารย์ใหญ่
- อาจารย์ใหญ่ (aa-jaan-yài)a dead body
Turkish kadavra
- kadavraa dead body
Cite this entry
cadaver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cadaver
“cadaver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cadaver. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cadaver,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cadaver.
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