Dictionary entry

Tyrotoxicon

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tyr′o‐tox″i‐con (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � cheese + �. 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.