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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cadaverine

· Ca·dav·er·ine · IPA /kəˈdævəɹɪn/
01 n. A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.
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    A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.(Chem.) Also: pentamethylene diamine