CADAVERINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cadaverine" is a kind of...):

ptomain; ptomaine (any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria)

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