cadaveric

See also: cadavèric

English

Etymology

From French cadavérique.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kadəˈvɛɹɪk/, /kəˈdavəɹɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈdavəɹɪk/

Adjective

cadaveric (comparative more cadaveric, superlative most cadaveric)

1. Pertaining to a corpse.
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 157:

     Hodgkin had just returned from his second visit to Paris, where he had learned to prepare and dissect cadaveric specimens.

2. Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver.
   • 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society, published 2007, page 21:

     He invoked cadaveric poisoning as the reason for the high death rate among priests and monks […]

Derived terms

• cadaveric alkaloid
• cadaverically
• cadaveric spasm
• noncadaveric

 

Translations

pertaining to a corpse

• Catalan: cadavèric
• French: cadavérique (fr)
• Greek: πτωματικός (el) (ptomatikós)
• Italian: cadaverico
• Romagnol: cadavëric
• Romanian: cadaveric (ro)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cadavérique.

Adjective

cadaveric m or n (feminine singular cadaverică, masculine plural cadaverici, feminine and neuter plural cadaverice)

1. cadaveric

Declension

Declension of cadaveric

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	cadaveric		cadaverică	cadaverici	cadaverice
	definite	cadavericul		cadaverica	cadavericii	cadavericele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	cadaveric		cadaverice	cadaverici	cadaverice
	definite	cadavericului		cadavericei	cadavericilor	cadavericelor