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medical students who train by using cadavers
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Officials used cadaver dogs to uncover Adams’ remains.
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
In a few other cases, it was acquired by people who used products — such as growth hormone, or who received corneal transplants — derived, inadvertently, from infected cadavers.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Civilians, divers and cadaver dogs all assisted with the search, but to no avail, according to the reports.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
He was even accused of planting plague on cadavers throughout San Francisco.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
In a few other cases, it was acquired by people who used products — such as growth hormone, or who received corneal transplants — derived, inadvertently, from infected cadavers.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Civilians, divers and cadaver dogs all assisted with the search, but to no avail, according to the reports.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
He was even accused of planting plague on cadavers throughout San Francisco.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Cadaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cadaver. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
cadaver
noun
ca·dav·er
kə-ˈdav-ər 
: a dead body especially of a person : corpse
Medical Definition
cadaver
noun
ca·dav·er
kə-ˈdav-ər
plural cadavers also cadavera
-ə-rə
: a dead body
specifically
: one intended for use in medical education or research
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