(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:51:43

Leu*co"ma*ine (?), n. [Leuco- + -maine, as in ptomaine.] 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.

 

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