cadavera

English

Etymology

From Latin cadāvera.

Noun

cadavera

1. plural of cadaver
   • 1881 July 2, The British Medical Journal, pages iv and 22:

     Caryatides from cadavera, [page] 22 […] [page 22] Before proceeding to the operation in question, the cadavera are submitted to the following treatment. […] A cadaver, after being treated in this manner, is deposited [?] the interior of a mould, which is filled with the following mixture, […]

   • 1887, Third Annual Report of the Managers and Superintendent of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane at Terrell; For the Year ending October 31, 1887, Austin, Tex.: State Printing Office, page 6:

     The custom inaugurated with the opening of the Hospital, of making autopsies in all cases in which the cadavera are not claimed for burial by friends or relatives, and in which it is believed the interest of general medicine or knowledge of the treatment of this important class can be advanced, has been kept up.

   • 1901, Henryk Sienkiewicz, translated by S. C. de Soissons, Tales from Sienkiewicz, pages 17 and 57:

     Such “cadaver” paintings were Swiatetski’s speciality. He painted large cadavera, small cadavera, and some of medium size. […] There are defects in the perspective of the dissecting room, but the “cadavera” are masterly.

   • 1913, American Veterinary Review, page 498:

     The morbid anatomy of over a hundred birds dead of intestinal coccidiosis and autopsied by us can be summarized as follows: The cadavera are very much emaciated and anemic.

   • 1914, The Anatomical Record, pages 441–442:

     A 6-foot length is desirable, but we find that with our routine measure of keeping the feet at right angles to the legs when the cadavera are embalmed, there is no difficulty in getting the cover to fit over all ordinary subjects. […] Certainly the appearance of covered tables is much more agreeable than that of tables on which the outlines of the cadavera are plainly suggested under the folds of the dark-colored waterproof covering.

   • 1941, Ciba Symposia, pages 849 and 852:

     The second part (Myology) contains 55 plates and some of the cadavera are drawn in poses that would certainly have excited the interest and enthusiasm of Vesalius himself. […] Cadavera seemed almost as rare as in the Renaissance, when the learned Rondelet, noted for his gentleness and piety, in beginning his anatomical course at Montpellier, was compelled on account of the scarcity of anatomical material to dissect the body of one of his own children (see Ciba Symposia, April, 1940).

Latin

Noun

cadāvera

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cadāver

References

• cadavera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)