NEURIDIN
\njˈuːɹɪdˌɪn], \njˈuːɹɪdˌɪn], \n_j_ˈuː_ɹ_ɪ_d_ˌɪ_n]\
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By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A ptomain, C5H14N2, obtained from decomposing horseflesh, human muscle, haddock, cheese, gelatin, and cultures of the typhoid bacillus. This has been isolated also from corn-beef, where it produced food poisoning, but in a pure state it is not poisonous.
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Mustagh Range
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