Synonyms of cadavers

cadavers

noun

plural of cadaver

as in corpses

a dead body

medical students who train by using cadavers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corpses
• carcasses
• stiffs
• relics
• remains
• bones
• corses
• corpora
• mummies
• ashes
• deceased
• decedents
• carnages
• carrions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cadavers

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

Jobs more closely tied to Neuralink’s brain interfaces include an operating room specialist and a neurosurgeon resident to carry out experimental brain-computer interface procedures using human cadavers or large animal subjects. — Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026