Mydaleine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mydaleine \My*da"le*ine\, n. [Gr. myda^n to be clammy (from
     decay).] (Physiol. Chem.)
     A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and
     from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute
     profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation.
     --Brieger.


     [1913 Webster]