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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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"Ptomaine poisoning" Quotes from Famous Books



... membrane of the affected part. If we get unusual and irritating bacteria in some spoiled food, we are likely to have an acute inflammation until the offending bacteria are expelled. But an inflammation of this kind never lasts. People who have had ptomaine poisoning sometimes assert that they are afterwards susceptible to poisoning by the kind of food which first made them ill. Such a susceptibility is not so much a hold-over effect from the poison as a hold-over fear which tends to repeat the physical ...
— Outwitting Our Nerves - A Primer of Psychotherapy • Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury


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


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