Tyrotoxicon

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

  Tyrotoxicon \Tyr`o*tox"i*con\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? cheese + ?.
     See {Toxic}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
     A ptomaine discovered by Vaughan in putrid cheese and other
     dairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera
     infantum. Chemically, it appears to be related to, or
     identical with, diazobenzol.


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