'pentamethylene diamine' definitions:
Definition of 'pentamethylene diamine'
- 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]
