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noun
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH2(CH2)5NH2.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ptomaine, ptomain
History
From Latin cadāver (“corpse”) + -ine, equivalent to cadaver + -ine.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
