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Meaning of Jamaican vomiting sickness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An acute illness, with vomiting and dehydration, caused by the toxin hypoglycin A, found in unripe ackee fruit.

uncountable

Examples

“Reye's syndrome and Jamaican vomiting sickness are disorders of mitochondrial dysfunction, while MCAD is a defect in mitochondrial beta oxidation of fatty acids.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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