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Added 10 October 2026

cadaver

/kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/ noun

Latin root: cadāver Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cadaver at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
He and his best friend saw a cadaver and ran screaming.

Origin

From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.

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