Cadaveric

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cadaveric \Ca*dav"er*ic\, a.
     Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes
     produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.
     --Dunglison.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {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}.
        [1913 Webster] Cadaverine

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cadaveric
       adj : of or relating to a cadaver