ptomaine poisoning

1. 1.

   a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines

   Synonymsptomaine

   Broaderfood poisoning

Questions about ptomaine poisoning

What does ptomaine poisoning mean?

ptomaine poisoning means "a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines".

What is another word for ptomaine poisoning?

Close synonyms include ptomaine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ptomaine poisoning a common word?

ptomaine poisoning is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.