Definitions
An obsolete term once used for toxins thought to cause food poisoning.
Word origin
From French ptomaïne, from Italian ptomaina, from Ancient Greek πτῶμα (ptôma, “corpse”).
Used in a sentence
“"There have been cases of ptomaine poisoning from them, haven't there? Mr. Abbott put on a horrified expression.”
“You remember Leonard Skinner. He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.”
“Sandwiches arrived from outside, strange granular bread, the butter on it liquid, some sort of beige meat paste that hinted at ptomaine.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Spoilage toxin”8 letters
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