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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tyrotoxicon

· Tyr·o·tox·i·con · IPA
01 n. A ptomaine discovered by Vaughan in putrid cheese and other dairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum. Chemically,…
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    A ptomaine discovered by Vaughan in putrid cheese and other dairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum. Chemically, it appears to be related to, or identical with, diazobenzol.(Physiol. Chem.)