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Ptomaine poisoning   /tˈoʊmeɪn pˈɔɪzənɪŋ/   Listen
Ptomaine poisoning

noun
1.
A term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines.  Synonym: ptomaine.





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... it. A hundred years ago there were no bacilli, no ptomaine poisoning, no diphtheria, and no appendicitis. Rabies was but little known, and only imperfectly developed. All of these we owe to medical science. Even such things as psoriasis and parotitis and trypanosomiasis, which are ...
— Literary Lapses • Stephen Leacock


Words linked to "Ptomaine poisoning" :   food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder


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