Usually means: Decomposition byproduct, smells like death.
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  1. cadaverine: Merriam-Webster
  2. cadaverine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cadaverine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cadaverine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cadaverine: Vocabulary.com
  6. cadaverine: Wordnik
  7. cadaverine: Wiktionary
  8. cadaverine: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. cadaverine: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. cadaverine: Dictionary.com
  11. Cadaverine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. cadaverine: Rhymezone
  13. cadaverine: FreeDictionary.org
  14. cadaverine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. cadaverine: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cadaverine: Encyclopedia

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  1. cadaverine: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. cadaverine: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cadaverine)

noun:  A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.

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