9 Results for ptomain
Languages
หรือค้นหา: -ptomain-, *ptomain*CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
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| ptomaines |
Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
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| ptomaines |
WordNet (3.0)
| ptomaine | (n) any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria, Syn. ptomain |
| ptomaine | (n) a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines, Syn. ptomaine poisoning |
Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
| Ptomaine | n. [ From Gr. &unr_; a dead body. ] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. The ptomaines, as a class, have their origin in dead matter, by which they are to be distinguished from the leucomaines. [ 1913 Webster ] |
EDICT JP-EN Dictionary
| プトマイン | [putomain] (n) ptomaine (ger [Add to Longdo] |
| 死毒 | [しどく, shidoku] (n) ptomaine poisoning [Add to Longdo] |
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