1. a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines; [syn: ptomaine, ptomaine poisoning]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ptomaine poisoning
n 1: a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific
use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by
ingesting ptomaines [syn: ptomaine, ptomaine poisoning]