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Cadaveric

Cadaveric \Ca*dav"er*ic\, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.
--Dunglison.

Cadaveric alkaloid, 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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cadaveric

a. 1 Pertaining to a corpse. 2 Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver.

WordNet
cadaveric

adj. of or relating to a cadaver

Usage examples of "cadaveric".

A cadaveric alkaloid or ptomaine has been found in the body, possessing many of the actions of aconitine.

And so, with knitted brows and stern lips, a cadaveric gaze was returned on her from the mirror.