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.
© Webster 1913.