Meaning of Ptomaine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of various amines formed by putrefactive bacteria.
   countable, uncountable
2. Food poisoning.
   countable, dated, uncountable

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Examples

“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 surrounding environment by ptomaine.”

“"There have⟳ been cases of ptomaine poisoning from them, haven't there? Mr. Abbott put⟳ on a horrified expression.”

“You remember⟳ Leonard Skinner. He got ptomaine poisoning last⟳ night after dinner.”

“That is the place⟳ to find⟳ the kinds of shikses Who Will Do Anything! If only a person is willing to risk⟳ polio from the pool, gangrene from the footbath, ptomaine from the hot dogs, and elephantiasis from the soap and the towels, he might possibly get⟳ laid.”

“Sandwiches arrived from outside, strange granular bread, the butter on it liquid, some sort⟳ of beige meat paste that hinted at ptomaine.”

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