noun. A dead body, especially one intended for dissection.

noun. A dead body; a corpse: as, “a mere cadaver,” Boyle; especially, a body prepared or used for dissection.

noun. A dead human body; a corpse.

noun. A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.

noun. the dead body of a human being

"I love the piece, the Trio, the Flute Sonata, Dialogues des Carmelites, and Fiancailles pour rire (how can you resist a text like "my cadaver is soft as a glove"?) but I think maybe you're reading history back into the Sextet, rather than finding it there."

cadaveric  cadaverine  cadaverous  

body  dead body  

cremains  

ashes  body  body  bones  carcass