NOUN | substance | cadaverine | a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue |
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Meaning | A colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue. | |
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Broader | ptomaine, ptomain | Any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria |
Spanish | cadaverina | |
Catalan | cadaverina |
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