单词 | ptomaine poisoning |
释义 | > as lemmasptomaine poisoning attributive with the sense ‘(supposedly) caused by a ptomaine or ptomaines’; esp. in ptomaine poisoning. ΚΠ 1888 Jeffersonian (Cambridge, Ohio) 13 Dec. 3/2 Several children..are suffering from Ptomaine poisoning from eating decayed cheese. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 215 Ptomaine erythemas, due to shell-fish, etc., may present considerable resemblance to small-pox initial rashes. 1952 E. Hemingway Old Man & Sea 68 It is humiliating before others to have a diarrhoea from ptomaine poisoning or to vomit from it. 1991 Amer. Heritage Nov. 28/2 President Warren G. Harding..died in 1923 of a suspected heart attack or thrombosis following a case of ptomaine poisoning. < as lemmas |
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