cadaveric

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cadaveric

/kadəˈvɛɹɪk/ UK
/kəˈdavəɹɪk/ UK
/kəˈdavəɹɪk/ US

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From French cadavérique.

adjective more cadaveric · most cadaveric

Pertaining to a corpse. Hodgkin had just returned from his second visit to Paris, where he had learned to prepare and dissect cadaveric specimens.
Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver. He invoked cadaveric poisoning as the reason for the high death rate among priests and monks […]

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adj pertaining to a corpse

Français	cadavérique
Italiano	cadaverico
Ελληνικά	πτωματικός ptomatikós
Română	cadaveric

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"cadaveric." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cadaveric. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{cadaveric_2026,
  title = {cadaveric},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cadaveric},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}