cadaverine
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See also: cadavérine
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin cadāver (“corpse”) + -ine, equivalent to cadaver + -ine.
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Noun[edit]
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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Noun[edit]
cadaverine f
- plural of cadaverina