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Definition: Ptomaine |
PtomaineNoun1. Any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria. 2. A term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ptomaine" was first used: 1880. (references) |
Etymology: Ptomaine \Pto"ma*ine\, noun. [From Greek dead body.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: PtomaineSynonyms: ptomain (n), ptomaine poisoning (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ptomaine |
| English words defined with "ptomaine": Cadaveric alkaloid, cadaverine ♦ Leucomaine ♦ Muscarin ♦ Neurine ♦ Parvolin, putrescine ♦ Toxine, Tyrotoxicon. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "ptomaine": ptomaine poisoning. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ptomaine | 9 |
poisoning ptomaine | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ptomaine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عفين, جيفين, التومين مادة سامة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | птомаин. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 腐'硷 (ptomain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ruumismyrkytys (ptomaine poisoning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ptomaïne (ptomaines). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Fleischvergiftung (meat poisoning, ptomaine poisoning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πτωμαΰνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ptomain. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | veleno (bane, poison, toxin, venom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 死' (ptomaine poisoning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しどく (ptomaine poisoning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | toamain. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omaineptay ptomaína. (various references) трупный яд (cadaveric alkaloid), птомаин (cadaveric alkaloid). (various references) ptomain. (various references) ptomaína. (various references) bozulan yiyecekte bulunan zehir. (various references) птомаїн. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | ptoma. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ptomaine": ptomaines. (additional references) | |
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"Ptomaine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Otomyinae, otomyine, Ottomanize, Petamadine, Petomane, petomania, Pomagne, pomarina, pomarine, pomarinus, Posavina, promine, promzina, ptomiane, Ptymilne, Toamasina, Tolaini, tomain, tomaine, Tominey, Tommasini. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ptomaine" (pronounced 'Pto"ma*ine'): Acanthine, Acarine, Acauline, Accipitrine, Acervuline, Acolyctine, Aconitine, Adamantine, Affine, Agatine, Alabastrine, Alanine, Aldine, Aline, Alkaline, Almandine, Almondine, Alphonsine, Alpine, Alumine, Alvine, Amandine, Amanitine, Amaranthine, Amarine, Amethystine, Amine, Amygdaline, Anatine, Andesine, Andine, Angevine, Anguine, Annotine, Anserine, Anticline, Antilopine, Antipyrine, Apennine, Apocodeine, Aquiline, Ardassine, Aricine, Arnicine, Arpine, Arshine, Arsine, Asbestine, Ashine, Asinine. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-n-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: amniote, maintop, pimento, ptomain, tampion, timpano. | |
-2 letters: anomie, etamin, impone, inmate, manito, omenta, opiate, optima, optime, pantie, patine, pineta, pitman, pitmen, pointe, potman, potmen, tamein, tampon, teopan. | |
-3 letters: ament, amine, amino, amnio, anime, atone, entia, inapt, inept, matin, meant, menta, minae, monie, monte, netop, oaten, opine, paeon, paint, panto, paten, patin, patio, piano. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-n-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: pantomime, protamine, ptomaines. | |
+2 letters: importance, pantomimed, pantomimes, permeation, phonematic, portamenti, protamines, temptation, trampoline. | |
+3 letters: aminopterin, amylopectin, appointment, emancipator, impersonate, impetration, importances, importunate, imprecation, impregnator, kleptomania, metanephroi, misanthrope, nonemphatic, patrimonies, permeations, permutation, phantomlike, predominant, predominate, prenominate, preromantic, taphonomies, temptations, trampoliner, trampolines. | |
+4 letters: aminopterins, amylopectins, antinepotism, appointments, companionate, compellation, compensating, compensation, compensative, complexation, componential, emancipation, emancipators, enantiomorph, epithalamion, impersonated, impersonates, impersonator, impetrations, importancies, imprecations, impregnation, impregnators, incompatible, incomputable, intercompany, intercompare, kleptomaniac, kleptomanias, metropolitan, misanthropes, miscaptioned, onomatopoeia, onomatopoeic, operationism, permutations, phentolamine, pigmentation, pinealectomy, predominated, predominates, preformation, premigration, prenominated, prenominates, reassumption, trampoliners, unimportance. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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