cadaverEnglishOxford New American Dictionarycadaver /kəˈdavər, kəˈdævər / ▸ noun Medicine or literary a corpse. – DERIVATIVES cadaveric /kəˈdav(ə)rik, kəˈdæv(ə)rɪk / adjective– ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin, from cadere ‘to fall’.