Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A syrupy, colorless, fuming ptomaine, C5H14N2, produced in decaying animal tissue by the decarboxylation of lysine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
cadaveric .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Chem.) A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically
pentamethylene diamine ), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A foul-smelling
diamine produced byprotein hydrolysis duringputrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH2(CH2)5NH2. Cadaverine is also known by the names 1,5-pentanediamine and pentamethylenediamine.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
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Examples
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In mammals, the structure of many of these decomposition products - with evocative names such as cadaverine - is known.
BBC Ouch! Blog 2010
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Remember when you threw that bottle of cadaverine to me with the cap loose, and I spilled it all over myself?
Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010
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A vendor sold Tom a dozen bottles of cadaverine, which they sprinkled on their clothing, and a jar of peppermint goo that they dabbed on their upper lips, to kill their own sense of smell.
Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010
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Tom folded the erosion portrait and put it in his pocket, then took out the vial of cadaverine and sprinkled some on his clothes.
Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010
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He fished in his pocket and brought out three vials of cadaverine.
Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010
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He realized that his clothes were probably still ripe with the stench of cadaverine.
Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010
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As they rode, Tom pulled a bottle of cadaverine from his pocket, dabbed some onto his clothes, and then handed the bottle to Benny.
Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010
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The cadaverine gave me a couple of seconds, and I rolled under a car.
Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010
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They wear carpet coats, and they know the tricks of moving quietly and using cadaverine to mask their living smells.
Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010
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We have guns and weapons, we have carpet coats, cadaverine.
Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010
chained_bear commented on the word cadaverine
Usage on putrescine.
October 2, 2008