'Cadaveric alkaloid' definitions:

Definition of 'Cadaveric alkaloid'

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  • Cadaveric \Ca*dav"er*ic\, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
  • Cadaveric alkaloid, an alkaloid generated by the processes of decomposition in dead animal bodies, and thought by some to be the cause of the poisonous effects produced by the bodies. See Ptomaine. [1913 Webster] Cadaverine