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0 a substance found in decaying vegetable and animal matter that used to be thought to cause food poisoning:
The theory was that poorly preserved meats would be contaminated by ptomaine.
He was told that scurvy was an acidic condition of the blood caused by ptomaines in tainted meat.
Everyone in the restaurant got ptomaine from the sorbet.
Certain factors seemed to predispose people to chronic ptomaine poisoning, including darkness, intense exertion, and cold.
