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1. (n.) ptomaine
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to cause food poisoning.
Etymology: (< It ptomaina (1878) < Gk ptôma corpse + It -ina -ine2)
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1. (noun) ptomaine, ptomain
any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria
2. (noun) 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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1. (noun) Ptomaine
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
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