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coturnism

coturnism noun: an illness in humans caused by eating quail that have eaten poisonous plants.

Noun

coturnism (uncountable)

  1. An illness in humans caused by eating quail that have eaten poisonous plants.
    • Jelliffe and Jelliffe (1982) have chapters dealing with natural plant poisonings, for example, aflatoxicosis, coturnism, Ackee poisoning, Lathyrism, Djenkol bean, and mushrooms.1990, H.O. Lancaster, Expectations of Life: A Study in the Demography, Statistics, and History of World Mortality
    • Another major question for consideration is why are not all quail toxic, or phrased a different way, why are there not more reported cases of coturnism?2012, E. F. Jelliffe, Adverse Effects of Foods, page 56

Questions about coturnism

What does coturnism mean?
Coturnism means an illness in humans caused by eating quail that have eaten poisonous plants.
What part of speech is coturnism?
Coturnism is a noun.

Words near coturnism in the dictionary

  1. cotuls
  2. cotunneling
  3. cotunnelling
  4. cotunnite
  5. cotunnites
  6. coturnism
  7. cotutelage
  8. cotutor
  9. cotutors
  10. cotwal
  11. cotwals

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