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Ptomaine
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ptomaine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/ptomaine.html. 1828.