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5 total sentences available.
On 6 February 2001 the Yaremche Environmental Health Inspectorate (санітарно-епідеміологічна станція) concluded that the cemetery should not have been constructed on the VL [Vorokhtya Lisokombinat] plot in view of its proximity to residential buildings and the risk of contamination of the surrounding environment by ptomaine.
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"There have been cases of ptomaine poisoning from them, haven't there? Mr. Abbott put on a horrified expression.
Source: wiktionary
You remember Leonard Skinner. He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.
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That is the place to find the kinds of shikses Who Will Do Anything! If only a person is willing to risk polio from the pool, gangrene from the footbath, ptomaine from the hot dogs, and elephantiasis from the soap and the towels, he might possibly get laid.
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Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
Closest matches include foodborne poisoning, nitrogenous amine, ptomain, ptomaine poisoning, ptomaine-related.
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