ptomaine
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria
Types & categories
- amine hypernym
- putrescine hyponym
- cadaverine hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines
Types & categories
- food poisoning hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | amine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | putrescine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cadaverine |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | food poisoning |