| 单词 |
scombrotoxic |
| 释义 |
scombrotoxic, a. Path.|skɒmbrəʊˈtɒksɪk|
[f. Gr. σκόµβρο-ς (see Scomber n.) + toxic a.]
Involving or designating a kind of poisoning caused by eating the decomposed flesh of scombroid fish, which may contain high levels of histamine and other toxins, or by eating similarly contaminated canned fish, and having symptoms similar to those of allergic reactions to histamine; also applied to the toxins causing this reaction and to fish which may contain them.
1967B. W. Halstead Poisonous & Venomous Marine Animals of World II. vi. 640 (heading) List of fishes reported as scombrotoxic. Ibid. 646 With the increasing amount of evidence that bacteria had a direct bearing on histamine production it was important to identify the strains of bacteria responsible for this activity, and to determine whether histamine was indeed the scombrotoxic agent. 1980Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 July 71/1 Fifty incidents of scombrotoxic fish poisoning affecting nearly 200 people have been reported in Britain, the majority in 1979. 1981Ibid. 14 Feb. 572/1 Scombrotoxic fish poisoning as seen in Britain is usually due to mackerel which has been stored too long unrefrigerated. |
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