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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ptomaine \Pto"ma*ine\, n. [From Gr ? a dead body.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ptomaine
n 1: any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine)
formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria [syn: {ptomain}]
2: illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food [syn: {food
poisoning}, {gastrointestinal disorder}, {ptomaine
poisoning}]
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