资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mydaleine \My*da"le*ine\, n. [Gr. ? to be clammy (from decay).]
   (Physiol. Chem.)
   A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and
   from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute
   profuse diarrh[oe]a, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation.
   --Brieger.