CADAVERIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cadaveric mean? 

• CADAVERIC (adjective)
  The adjective CADAVERIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a cadaver or corpse

  Familiarity information: CADAVERIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CADAVERIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

cadaveric; cadaverous

Context example:

we had long anticipated his cadaverous end

Pertainym:

cadaver (the dead body of a human being)

Derivation:

cadaver (the dead body of a human being)

 Context examples 

Further, cadaveric corneal transplants from undiagnosed CJD patients have led to two probable and three possible cases of disease transmission.

(Eyes of CJD patients show evidence of prions, National Institutes of Health)

Donors can be living, or cadaveric (dead).

(Organ Transplantation, NCI Thesaurus)

Acellular cadaveric dermal matrix (ACDM) is derived from human cadaveric dermis from which the epidermis, all viable cells and major histocompatibility class (MHC) II antigens have been removed to minimize alloimmunogenicity, while the dermal collagen matrix is preserved.

(Acellular Cadaveric Dermal Matrix, NCI Thesaurus)