cadaver

This term carries a cold, clinical detachment. It is used almost exclusively in medical, legal, or forensic environments to strip away the personal identity of the deceased, transforming a person into a biological specimen for education. Using this word in a social or emotional setting would be perceived as morbid or callous. While a corpse is any dead body, a cadaver is specifically a body that has become a tool for science, shifting the focus from grief and loss to anatomy and pathology.