peptotoxin
(pɛptəʊˈtɒksɪn)
[f. Gr. πεπτό-ς (see peptic) + toxin.]
‘A poisonous alkaloid formed from peptones during digestion, and becoming decomposed later on, as putrefaction takes place’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1893).
| 1890 in Cent. Dict. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 815 In the case of gastric digestion we have a ptomaine pepto⁓toxin. 1899 Ibid. VIII. 65 Certain toxic bodies of the nature of pepto-toxines have been found in the urine by Ewald. |