- djenkol bean poisoning
- poisoning by the djenkol bean; symptoms vary from lumbar pain, vomiting, and diarrhea to hematuria and proteinuria progressing to anuria and renal failure. Called also djenkolism.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
djenkol bean poisoning
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