Definitions for cadaverine

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cadaverine ca·dav·er·ine

Spelling: [kuh-dav-uh-reen]

IPA: /kəˈdæv əˌrin/

Cadaverine is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 598 anagrams from letters in cadaverine (aacdeeinrv).

Definitions for cadaverine

noun

1. a colorless, viscous, toxic ptomaine, C 5 H 14 N 2 , having an offensive odor, formed by the action of bacilli on meat, fish, and other protein: used in polymerization and biological research.

Origin of cadaverine

First recorded in 1885-90; cadaver + -ine²

Examples for cadaverine

The filtrate contains the cadaverine compound; this latter is recovered by evaporating off the ether-alcohol.

As stated before, it is less soluble in alcohol than the corresponding compound of cadaverine.

cadaverine forms well-defined crystalline salts as well as compounds with metals.

The precipitate contains the picrate of trimethylenediamine, mixed with the picrates of cadaverine and creatinine.