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Definition of Ptomaine

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

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

Definition of Ptomaine

1. n. One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. The ptomaines, as a class, have their origin in dead matter, by which they are to be distinguished from the leucomaines.

Definition of Ptomaine

1. a compound produced by the decomposition of protein [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ptomaine

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus ptiloses ptilosis ptisan ptisans Ptloris Ptloris paradisea PTO Ptolemaic Ptolemaic dynasty

Ptolemaic system Ptolemy Ptolemy I Ptolemy II ptomain ptomaine (current term) ptomaines ptomaine poisoning ptomainic ptomains

ptooey ptoses ptosis ptotic PTSD ptui ptyalin ptyalins ptyalise ptyalised

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