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cadavers

noun

plural of cadaver

as in corpses

a dead body medical students who train by using cadavers

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Recent Examples of cadavers In a recent study, researchers examined the left and right branches of the vagus nerve in 30 human cadavers in attempt to better map the nerve. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026 For medical students, practicing with real cadavers would remain important. — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2026 The woodcut birth figures contained in these books were not images drawn from observation—pregnant cadavers for anatomical drawing were hard to come by—but were instead abstracted diagrams of the chaotic diversity of laboring bodies. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 Scientists identified one of the modern cadavers as a minke whale, or Balaenoptera acutorostrata, that measured about 10 feet (3 meters) long. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 12 June 2026 There’s no alternative; there are too many tasty cadavers, plus squirrel pelts coughed up by hawks in the trees after they’ve been picked clean of meat and tissue. — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 22 Apr. 2026 More than a dozen city, county and state agencies worked together, deploying drones, using dummies as cadavers, and taking on the roles of victims, triage and others to make the drill as realistic as possible. — Mark Prussin, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026 According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 The series doesn’t shyaway from the gory intricacies of death, including decaying cadavers and the detailed autopsies Kay performs. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026

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Gein murdered at least two women, as well as illegally exhumed and mutilated multiple corpses, in the 1940s and 1950s.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Few things are as shocking to living people as corpses decomposing in the summer heat.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of corpses

Noun

Two of them were killed, and their carcasses were abandoned and left to waste.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
At least one of the alligators was shot with a crossbow bolt, indicating intentional targeting, and the carcasses of the two alligators that died were abandoned and left to waste, TPWD said.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

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