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Cadaveric vs Cadaver - What's the difference?

cadaveric | cadaver |

Cadaver is a derived term of cadaveric.



As an adjective cadaveric

is pertaining to a corpse.

As a noun cadaver is

a dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.

cadaveric

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.
  • 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 [...].

    Derived terms

    * cadaveric alkaloid - (ptomaine)

    cadaver

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.

    • Synonyms

    * See also , * body * corpse

    Derived terms

    * cadaveric * cadaverine * cadaverous

    Related terms

    * cadence

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