cadaveric
See also: cadavèric
English
Etymology
From French cadavérique.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kadəˈvɛɹɪk/, /kəˈdavəɹɪk/
Adjective
cadaveric (comparative more cadaveric, superlative most cadaveric)
- Pertaining to a corpse.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 157:
- Hodgkin had just returned from his second visit to Paris, where he had learned to prepare and dissect cadaveric specimens.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 157:
- Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver.
- 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society 2007, p. 21:
- He invoked cadaveric poisoning as the reason for the high death rate among priests and monks […]
- 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society 2007, p. 21:
Derived terms
- cadaveric alkaloid - (ptomaine)
Translations
pertaining to a corpse
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