'Cadaverine' definitions:
Definition of 'cadaverine'
(from WordNet)
noun
A colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
Definition of 'Cadaverine'
From: GCIDE
- Cadaverine \Ca*dav"er*ine\, n. Also Cadaverin \Ca*dav"er*in\ . [From Cadaver and amine.] (Chem.) A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]