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ptomaine poisoning

noun

  1. (erroneously) food poisoning thought to be caused by ptomaine.


ptomaine poisoning

noun

  1. a popular term for food poisoning
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of ptomaine poisoning1

First recorded in 1890–95
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of ptomaine poisoning1

C19: because ptomaines were once erroneously thought to be a cause of food poisoning
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Maybe I’ll take over a local restaurant, so I can give the entire community ptomaine poisoning.`

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Her illness is followed by a mass ptomaine poisoning at a “fashion†lunch.

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On assignment in Mexico to round up Geronimo and his band, one officer got “ptomaine poisoning from a can of rancid Armour corned beef,†and another almost died of a tarantula bite.

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He said he was suffering from ptomaine poisoning—but his symptoms indicated a nervous collapse.

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The image had its roots in a physical purging that Sylvia experienced as a result of ptomaine poisoning that she had contracted on 16 June, during a lunch at an advertising agency.

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