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CADAVERINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cadaverine" is a kind of...):
ptomain; ptomaine (any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria)