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ptomaine

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ptomaine

Any of a group of toxic chemical substances (alkaloids) produced as a result of decomposition by bacterial action on proteins.

Ptomaine is not the relevant factor in ‘food poisoning’, which is usually caused by bacteria of the genus Salmonella or Campylobacter.



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To-morrow, or some other day, a ptomaine bug, or some other of a thousand bugs, might jump out upon him and drag him down.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
Oh, yes, it was a full man's job, and I dosed and doctored, and pulled teeth, and dragged my patients through mild little things like ptomaine poisoning.
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