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a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue

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  1. n. a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
  2. A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, C5H14N2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.
  3. n a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue