mydaleine
mydaleine noun: a ptomaine obtained from putrid flesh and herring brines.
Noun
mydaleine (uncountable)
- A ptomaine obtained from putrid flesh and herring brines.
- Two other alkaloids — mydaleine, and another not yet named — which Brieger isolated from putrefying livers and spleens, have a still more powerful purgative action, producing almost continuous and fatal diarrhoea.1892, Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, An Introduction to Modern Therapeutics
mydaleine meaning in Tamil
mydaleine in Tamil
- மயிடலீன்
Origin of mydaleine
From Ancient Greek μυδαλέος (mudaléos, “mouldy”) + -ine.
Questions about mydaleine
- What does mydaleine mean?
- Mydaleine means a ptomaine obtained from putrid flesh and herring brines.
- What is mydaleine in Tamil?
- Mydaleine in Tamil is மயிடலீன். See Mydaleine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mydaleine?
- Mydaleine is a noun.
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