Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nitrogenous organic base or alkaloid produced in living animal tissues as a result of their activity: distinguished from a ptomaine, which is an alkaloid produced in the putrefactive decay of a dead tissue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a
ptomaine or cadaveric poison.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry An
animal base oralkaloid , appearing in thetissue duringlife ; hence, avital alkaloid, as distinguished from aptomaine orcadaveric poison .
Etymologies
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leuco- + -maine, as in ptomaine.
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