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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pto·maine /ˈtoˌmen, toˈ/
 尸毒

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 pto·maine /ˈtoˌmen, toˈ/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pto·ma·ine n.  Physiol. Chem. One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison.  The ptomaines, as a class, have their origin in dead matter, by which they are to be distinguished from the leucomaines.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 ptomaine
      n 1: any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine)
           formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria [syn: ptomain]
      2: a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific
         use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by
         ingesting ptomaines [syn: ptomaine poisoning]