Meanings
plural cadaverines · alternative cadaverin
- countableuncountableA foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.
Fragrant gasses such as cadaverine and putrescine are treated with a biofilter before being released.
2022 December 5, Caitlin Doughty, “If You Want to Give Something Back to Nature, Give Your Body”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: 1,5-pentanediamine, pentamethylenediamine
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.
Origin
From Latin cadāver (“corpse”) + -ine, equivalent to cadaver + -ine.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كادافيرين
- كادافيرين (kadafirin)foul-smelling diamine
Basque kadaberina
- kadaberinafoul-smelling diamine
Bulgarian кадаверин
- кадаверин (kadaverin)foul-smelling diamine
Catalan cadaverina
- cadaverinafoul-smelling diamine
Chinese Mandarin 屍胺 /尸胺
- 屍胺 /尸胺 (shī'àn)foul-smelling diamine
Czech kadaverin
- kadaverinfoul-smelling diamine
Dutch cadaverine
- cadaverinefoul-smelling diamine
Estonian kadaveriin
- kadaveriinfoul-smelling diamine
Finnish kadaveriini
- kadaveriinifoul-smelling diamine
French cadavérine
- cadavérinefoul-smelling diamine
German Cadaverin
- Cadaverinfoul-smelling diamine
Hungarian kadaverin
- kadaverinfoul-smelling diamine
Indonesian cadaverina
- cadaverinafoul-smelling diamine
Irish cadavairín
- cadavairínfoul-smelling diamine
Italian cadaverina
- cadaverinafoul-smelling diamine
Japanese カダベリン
- カダベリン (kadaberin)foul-smelling diamine
Latvian kadaverīns
- kadaverīnsfoul-smelling diamine
Lithuanian kadaverinas
- kadaverinasfoul-smelling diamine
Polish kadaweryna
- kadawerynafoul-smelling diamine
Portuguese cadaverina
- cadaverinafoul-smelling diamine
Romanian cadaverină
- cadaverinăfoul-smelling diamine
Russian кадавери́н
- кадавери́н (kadaverín)foul-smelling diamine
Slovak kadaverín
- kadaverínfoul-smelling diamine
Spanish cadaverina
- cadaverinafoul-smelling diamine
Cite this entry
cadaverine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cadaverine
“cadaverine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cadaverine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cadaverine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cadaverine.
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