Cadaveric

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating to a dead body; pertaining to or derived from the changes induced in a corpse by putrefaction: as, cadaveric phenomena.
  • Resembling a cadaver or dead body; cadaverous.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous.
  • adjective. an alkaloid generated by the processes of decomposition in dead animal bodies, and thought by some to be the cause of the poisonous effects produced by the bodies. See Ptomaine.
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  • adjective. Pertaining to a corpse.
  • adjective. Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver.
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  • adjective. of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
    • Word Usage
    "Most transplanted livers come from deceased organ donors — called a cadaveric transplant."
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    cadaveric rigidity  putrefactive alkaloid  
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