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cadaveric

cadaveric

2 9.9
Connected with a dead human body or its parts
  • adjective
  • /kəˈdævərɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cadavérico
  • The researcher studied the cadaveric samples to understand the effects of various diseases on human anatomy.
  • cadaveric kidney
  • cadaveric transplant
  • cadaveric organ

Examples

  • The policies for the allocation of livers from cadaveric donors are not uniform in other countries.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Most transplants are now done with cadaveric organs that have been donated solely on an altruistic basis.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Sources of suitable and available human cadaveric feet are limited, especially in first-world countries.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Figure 4 shows design III, using fresh cadaveric bones as an endoskeleton.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The majority of the sample was male, not diabetic, and received a cadaveric transplant.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Six fresh-frozen unmatched cadaveric knees were used in this study.

    Academic text (2001)
  • I went to the anatomy lab at the University of Texas and dissected numerous cadaveric livers.

    Academic text (2017)
  • One additional patient lost his allograft after 42 months of follow-up and received a second cadaveric kidney transplant.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Freshly dissected, formalin-fixed cadaveric limbs were obtained from a medical college.

    Academic text (1991)
  • In 1999, for example, African Americans constituted 11.2 percent of all cadaveric donors (UNOS 2001a).

    Academic text (2002)

Surface Forms

cadaveric positive

Morphology

cadaveric = cadaver (transparent) = cadaver + ic

The adjective is formed by the regular productive suffix '-ic' added to 'cadaver', so the meaning 'relating to a cadaver' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word cadaveric comes from cadaver, which means 'dead body'. So cadaveric describes something that comes from or relates to a dead body, for example a cadaveric organ used in medicine.