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cheese syndrome

cheese syndrome noun: a hypertensive crisis caused by the ingestion of foods high in tyramine (such as some cheeses) while the monoamine metabolism is compromised by the use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors.

Noun

cheese syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (informal) A hypertensive crisis caused by the ingestion of foods high in tyramine (such as some cheeses) while the monoamine metabolism is compromised by the use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors.

Questions about cheese syndrome

What does cheese syndrome mean?
Cheese syndrome means a hypertensive crisis caused by the ingestion of foods high in tyramine (such as some cheeses) while the monoamine metabolism is compromised by the use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors.
What part of speech is cheese syndrome?
Cheese syndrome is a noun.

Words near cheese syndrome in the dictionary

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  11. cheese toastie

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