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A dead body, often donated so medical students can learn human anatomy through study.
means A dead human body, especially one used for medical study or dissection.
from From Latin cadaver, built on the verb cadere, 'to fall' — the same root behind 'cadence' and 'decay.' The sense is grimly simple: a body that has fallen, collapsed, dropped dead. Latin writers used it plainly for a corpse, and English borrowed it whole in the medieval period, where it settled into anatomical and legal use — the clinical cousin of 'corpse.'
- origin
- from latin cadere, to fall
- med school
- one body often shared by six students
- embalming trick
- preserved cadavers can last decades for study
- donor stat
- most come from body donation, not unclaimed remains