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ocess of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora.

matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid, and by putrefaction. It is also found as a constituent of various tissues and organs, as the spleen, pancreas, etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom. Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid. (CH3)2CH.CH2.CH(NH2)-COOH.…

t Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction. Bacon.

A nonoxygenous ptomaine, formed in the putrefaction of albuminous matters, especially of horseflesh and mackerel.

One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. The ptomaines, as a class, have their origin in dead matter, by which they are to be distinguished from the leucomaines.

Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.

Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. Wiseman.

Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.

Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.

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

ecay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.

The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.

Putrefaction.

That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction.

See Rarefaction. [R.] Am. Chem. Journal.

Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.

A substance that promotes putrefaction.

Having power to promote putrefaction.

In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.