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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun has 2 senses
- ptomaine(n = noun.substance) ptomain - any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria;
- ptomaine(n = noun.state) 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;
CIDE DICTIONARY
, n. Array
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 . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
, n. any of various amine compounds, some toxic, in putrefying animal and vegetable matter.
Idiom
ptomaine poisoning archaic food poisoning.
Etymology
F ptoma{iuml}ne f. It. ptomaina irreg. f. Gk ptoma corpse