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cadaveric, a.|kædəˈvɛrɪk, kəˈdævərɪk|
[a. F. cadavérique, or f. L. cadāver (see above) + -ic (Gr. suffix: the L. forms are cadāverīnus, cadāverōsus).]
1. Of or pertaining to dead bodies; characteristic of a corpse. (More technical than cadaverous.)
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. I. 804/2 Chemical actions of a cadaveric description. 1865Reader 2 Sept. 269/2 The earliest indications of cadaveric rigidity. 1880B. Dyer in Daily News 7 Oct. 6/7 Certain substances formed in decomposing animal tissues..[called] ‘cadaveric alkaloids’..owing to their formation subsequent to death. 1882Times 8 Dec. 10 Evidence, previously given, with reference to the cadaveric lividities.
2. Caused by contact with a dead body.
1871Holmes Syst. Surgery (ed. 2) V. Index, Cadaveric boils. 1883Ibid. (ed. 3) II. 940 Cadaveric warts have a somewhat special appearance. |