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Webster 1913 Edition
Tyrotoxicon
Tyrˊo-tox′i-con
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] cheese + [GREEK]. 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.