tyrotoxiconn.
/tʌɪərəʊˈtɒksɪkɒn/ Chemistry.
A poisonous ptomaine (diazobenzene hydroxide, C6H5N.N.OH), produced by a microbe in stale cheese and milk; cheese-poison.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > from putrefying matter > specific
sausage poison1843
septine1866
neurine1868
tyrotoxicon1886
mydaleine1887
tetanine1888
typhotoxin1888
tyrotoxin1890
1886 Sci. Amer. 21 Aug. 112/3 About a year ago, Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, of the University of Michigan, succeeded in isolating from some samples of cheese..a highly poisonous ptomaine, which he named tyrotoxicon (cheese poison)... Further investigations have led to the discovery that tyrotoxicon may be developed in milk.
Derivatives
tyroˈtoxin n. [toxin n.] = main sense.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > from putrefying matter > specific
sausage poison1843
septine1866
neurine1868
tyrotoxicon1886
mydaleine1887
tetanine1888
typhotoxin1888
tyrotoxin1890
1890 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis v. 121 Vaughan obtained one of these bodies (tyrotoxin) from rotten cheese and bad milk.
tyroˈtoxism n. cheese-poisoning.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [noun] > by infected food
beestings1607
raphania1773
food poisoning1856
botulism1858
ergotism1864
sausage-poisoning1876
Gaertner1897
grain-intoxication1897
grain-poisoning1897
tyrotoxism1900
salmonellosis1913
ichthyosarcotoxism1953
Salmonella1962
1900 W. A. N. Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 2) 725/2 Tyrotoxism, cheese-poisoning.
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