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ptomaine (medicine)


ptomaine
<physiology> 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.

Origin: From Gr. A dead body.

Source: Websters Dictionary


irresolvable (medicine)


irresolvable
Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component parts.

<astronomy> Irresolvable nebulae, nebulae of a cloudlike appearance, which have not yet been resolved by the telescope into stars.

Origin: Pref. Ir- not + resolvable. Cf. Irresoluble.

Source: Websters Dictionary