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Ptomaine Poisoning

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Noun

1. ptomaine, ptomaine poisoning

a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines

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Ptomaine Poisoning

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noun
a popular term for food poisoning

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Ptomaine Poisoning

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Obsolete
food poisoning (erroneously thought to be caused by ptomaines)

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Ptomaine Poisoning

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n.
Food poisoning, erroneously believed to be the result of ptomaine ingestion. Not in scientific use.

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