n :  a crystalline slightly poisonous ptomaine C₄H₁₂N₂ that is formed by decarboxylation of ornithine, occurs widely but in small amounts in living things, and is found esp. in putrid flesh .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Pi·tres·sin 
 
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