cadaverine
See also: cadavérine
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From Latin cadāver (“corpse”) + -ine.
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cadaverine (countable and uncountable, plural cadaverines)
- A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH2(CH2)5NH2.
- Coordinate term: putrescine
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foul-smelling diamine
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cadaverine f
- plural of cadaverina