Cadaveric alkaloid

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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