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saprine

saprine noun: a ptomaine from the putrefying abdominal viscera.

Noun

saprine (uncountable)

  1. A ptomaine from the putrefying abdominal viscera.

Origin of saprine

From sapr- + -ine.

Questions about saprine

What does saprine mean?
Saprine means a ptomaine from the putrefying abdominal viscera.
What part of speech is saprine?
Saprine is a noun.

Words near saprine in the dictionary

  1. sapraemic
  2. sapremia
  3. sapremias
  4. sapremic
  5. sapric
  6. saprine
  7. saprist
  8. saprists
  9. sapro-
  10. saprobe
  11. saprobes

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