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  • noun Plural form of cadaver.

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Examples

  • "Angel lust" was what they called cadavers at the morgue with an erection.

    Cat & Mouse Patterson, James 1997

  • The proposal to thaw such embryos without reactivating them and use them for research, as if they were normal cadavers, is also unacceptable.

    The difficult issue of embryonic adoption 2008

  • The proposal to thaw such embryos without reactivating them and use them for research, as if they were normal cadavers, is also unacceptable.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2008

  • AW: My agent is presently shopping around CHOP SHOP, a thriller about the huge black market in cadavers and cadaver body parts.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Allen Wyler 2008

  • Buzzard concerns delay plans for Texas State 'body farm' | Chron. com - Houston Chronicle: SAN MARCOS, Texas — Texas State University's plan to build the nation's largest 'body farm' of cadavers is on hold after scrapping its proposed site amid concerns that buzzards could endanger nearby planes.

    Archive 2007-05-06 Bill Crider 2007

  • This afternoon, at the Cheff’s we joked that in the US, the preferred method of cooking cadavers is in barbeque sauce.

    Fried Green Tomatoes in Morelia? 2004

  • You can get a kidney also from cadavers, which is not abnormal.

    CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2009 2009

  • You can get a kidney also from cadavers, which is not abnormal.

    CNN Transcript May 2, 2009 2009

  • “It would only add to this fellow's confusion, if I were to tell him that divine meditation among the cadavers is a short cut to a high school diploma!”

    Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

  • "It would only add to this fellow's confusion, if I were to tell him that divine meditation among the cadavers is a short cut to a high school diploma!"

    Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922

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