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PUTRESCIN

\pjˈuːtɹɪsˌɪn], \pjˈuːtɹɪsˌɪn], \p_j_ˈuː_t_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˌɪ_n]\

Definitions of PUTRESCIN

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A liquid ptomain from decaying matter.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Tetramethylene diamin, NH2 (CH2)NH2. A poisonous basic compound, one of the ptomains, formed in the putrefaction of proteins.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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