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cadaverous
01
very thin or pale in a way that is suggestive of an illness
Disapproving
Formal
Examples
The patient 's cadaverous appearance alarmed the doctors, indicating severe malnutrition.
After weeks of fever, he emerged from his sickbed looking pale and cadaverous.
02
connected with or characteristic of a dead body
Examples
Cadaverous remains were found in the abandoned house.
The anatomy students studied cadaverous specimens in the lab.
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cadaverous
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