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cadaver
ca·dav·er
 ,
n.
a dead body, esp. a human
body to be dissected; corpse.
[1350–1400; ME < L cad āver
dead body, corpse; akin to cadere to fall, perish (see
DECAY,
CHANCE)]
—ca·dav  er·ic,
adj.
—Syn. See body.
(Random
House Webster's Unabridged).
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This cues the sudden eruption of the hitherto comatose Maxie, who sits bolt upright in a rumpled business suit, like an electrified
cadaver, and begins disgorging his life story at breathless speed. It's an ugly tale of an impoverished Irish lad who rises quickly and viciously in the furniture business, leaving a few dead bodies in his wake.
——
Ben Brantley;
Not the Bed But an Endless Gale of Words Relieves Panic;
New York Times; Jan 14, 2003
The pending legislation
expressly authorizes the creation of new human beings by cloning and,
perhaps unintentionally, their cultivation from the zygote stage through
the newborn stage for the purpose of harvesting what the bills themselves
refer to as "cadaveric" fetal tissue. Please pause to consider
whose cadaver the tissue is to be derived from. It is the cadaver
of a distinct member of the species homo sapiens — a human being
— who would be brought into being by cloning and, presumably, implanted
and permitted to develop to the desired stage of physical maturation
for the purpose of being killed for the harvesting of his or her tissues.
——Kathryn Jean Lopez;
Here Come
the Jersey Clones;
A
devastating bill inches toward law; National Review; Feb 03, 2003
Stem cells have been extracted from cadaver brains capable of being
transformed into different kinds of brain and neuron cells offering
tremendous hope for future treatment of diseases such as Parkinson's
and Alzheimer's.
——
Wesley J. Smith, author of
Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics
in America, in 'Politics Trumps Science';
Political obfuscation and stem cells;
National
Review;
July 09, 2001
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