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A colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
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cadaverine
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Wikipedia
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Cadaverine is a foul-smelling diamine compound produced by the putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH(CH)NH, which is similar to putrescine . Cadaverine is also known by the names 1,5-pentanediamine and pentamethylenediamine ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cadaverine \Ca*dav"er*ine\, n. Also -in \-in\ . [From Cadaver and amine.] (Chem.) A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine ), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH 2 (CH 2 ) 5 NH 2 . Cadaverine is also known by the names 1,5-pentanediamine and pentamethylenediamine.
Usage examples of cadaverine.
His jaw muscles bunch and his nostrils flare and pinch at a dreamed whiff of cadaverine breath.
And then the smell of wood smoke in the lodge, the tiered smoke in the cold room, the cadaverine breath of the men crowded around him and Mischa on the hearth.
Just a harmless mixture of materials like butyl mercaptan, butyric acid, methanethiol, skatole, cadaverine, putrescine .
Just a harmless mixture of materials like butyl mercaptan, butyric acid, methanethiol, skatole, cadaverine, putrescine.