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Meanings of ptomaine in English

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ptomaïna

Any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria.

        ptomaïna

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

              Usage of ptomaine in English
              1
              For ptomaine poisoning had unexpectedly hastened the end of old Mr. Godwin.
              The Dream Doctor
              2
              Selmi announced the existence of what he called ptomaine in 1870.
              The new yorker
              3
              I understand there is always a danger of ptomaine poisoning with such things.
              The Making of a Soul
              4
              Johnny had evidently never heard of ptomaine-poisoning, for nothing came amiss.
              Johnny Bear, and Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted
              5
              This is the essential point and will prevent ptomaine poisoning.
              Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book / Numerous New Recipes Based on Present ...
              6
              My farewell gift may be ptomaine, for all I know.
              East of eden
              7
              Fourth: More apt to putrefy and thus give ptomaine poisoning.
              Diet and Health; With Key to the Calories
              8
              It was a combination of crotalin venom and ptomaine poisons, a very deadly mess.
              Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
              9
              Maybe we'll all die of ptomaine, or decide to hang ourselves in our cells.
              IT
              10
              There are restaurants which specialize in ptomaine and restaurants which specialize in sinister vegetable messes.
              Something New
              11
              Attacks of acute indigestion resulting from this cause are much like the so-called ptomaine poisoning.
              How to Use Your Mind / A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for...
              12
              Whatever there may have been in the body before, certainly they produced a cadaveric ptomaine conine.
              The Dream Doctor
              13
              As the use of canned goods becomes more and more extensive, ptomaine poisoning is more frequent.
              The Dream Doctor
              14
              Their main difficulty was dysentery and ptomaine poisoning.
              The Worst Journey in the World / Antarctic 1910-1913
              15
              A hundred years ago there were no bacilli, no ptomaine poisoning, no diphtheria, and no appendicitis.
              Literary Lapses
              16
              Dec. 17-ManyGermans arrested following raid on coast towns; numerous cases of ptomaine poisoning in Blackheath Camp.
              The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
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