tyrotoxicon
English
Etymology
From New Latin [Term?], Ancient Greek [Term?] (“cheese”). See toxic.
Noun
tyrotoxicon (plural tyrotoxicons)
- (organic chemistry) A ptomaine found in putrid cheese and other dairy products, producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum.
Synonyms
- diazobenzol
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tyrotoxicon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)