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Ptomaines – definitions in English dictionary

noun

Any of a group of amine compounds of unpleasant taste and odour formed in putrefying animal and vegetable matter and formerly thought to cause food poisoning.

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托曼, 腐败硷

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Ptomaïnes, Ptomaïne

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Ptomaines, Veleno

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Птоманы, Трупный яд, Птомаин

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Tomaínas, Ptomaína

Word origin

late 19th century: from French ptomaïne, from Italian ptomaina, formed irregularly from Greek ptōma ‘corpse’.

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ptomaine

noun

Any of a group of amine compounds of unpleasant taste and odour formed in putrefying animal and vegetable matter and formerly thought to cause food poisoning.

Usage examples:

Being in town, i warily went along to the colorado ballet's production of the nutcracker, a ballet …
noun

A substance found in decaying vegetable and animal matter that used to be thought to cause food poisoning

Usage examples:

The theory was that poorly preserved meats would be contaminated by ptomaine., he was told that scu…
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