Ptomaine is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PTOMAINE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a compound produced by the decomposition of protein, also PTOMAIN
• any of a group of amine compounds of unpleasant taste and odour formed in putrefying animal and vegetable matter and formerly thought to cause food poisoning.
• any of a group of poisonous alkaloids found in decaying matter
• 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.
• any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria
• a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines

Words related to PTOMAINE

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Words that contain PTOMAINE

ptomaines13

How to use PTOMAINE in a sentence

• A cadaveric alkaloid or ptomaine has been found in the body, possessing many of the actions of aconitine.

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