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cadaveric

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See also: cadavèric

English

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Etymology

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From French cadavérique.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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 […]

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Romanian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French cadavérique.

    Adjective

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

    1. cadaveric

    Declension

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    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