The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
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.