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ptomain

ptomain is the alternative form of ptomaine.

Meaning of ptomaine

Noun

ptomaine (countable and uncountable, plural ptomaines)

  1. Any of various amines formed by putrefactive bacteria.
    • On 6 February 2001 the Yaremche Environmental Health Inspectorate (санітарно-епідеміологічна станція) concluded that the cemetery should not have been constructed on the VL [Vorokhtya Lisokombinat] plot in view of its proximity to residential buildings and the risk of contamination of the...2014 April 9, European Court of Human Rights, Dzemyuk v. Ukraine, number 42488/02, marginal 10
  2. (dated) Food poisoning.
    • Elinor said: "One used to be rather afraid of eating fish pastes. There have been cases of ptomaine poisoning from them, haven't there?"1940, Agatha Christie, Sad Cypress: A Poirot Mystery, page 92

Forms of ptomain

pluralptomains

Questions about ptomain

What is ptomain the alternative form of?
Ptomain is the alternative form of ptomaine.

Words near ptomain in the dictionary

  1. Ptolemian
  2. Ptolemies
  3. Ptolemy
  4. Ptolemy's theorem
  5. Ptolemæus
  6. ptomain
  7. ptomaine
  8. ptomaines
  9. ptomains
  10. ptomatropine
  11. ptooey

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