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n. - A colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue.

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  • In mammals, the structure of many of these decomposition products - with evocative names such as cadaverine - is known.
  • We have guns and weapons, we have carpet coats, cadaverine.
  • If there ` s cadaverine present in a DNA sample, it ` s Maddy ` s.
  • He fished in his pocket and brought out three vials of cadaverine.
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