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Webster 1913 Edition

Mydaleine

My-da′le-ine

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Noun.
[Gr.
μυδᾶν
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.

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