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Jamaican vomiting sickness — is an acute illness caused by the toxin hypoglycin A, which is present in unripened fruit of the ackee tree. Hypoglycin A is present in the unripe arilli at levels of over 1000 ppm, which falls to less than 0.1 ppm in the fully ripened arilli.… … Wikipedia
vomiting sickness — Jamaican vomiting s … Medical dictionary
sickness — SYN: disease (1). acute African sleeping s. SYN: Rhodesian trypanosomiasis. aerial s. SYN: altitude s.. African sleeping s. Gambian trypanosomiasis, Rhodesian trypanosomiasis. air s. a form of motion s. caused by flying in an airplane. altitude s … Medical dictionary
akee poisoning — Jamaican vomiting sickness … Medical dictionary
toxic hypoglycemic syndrome — Jamaican vomiting sickness … Medical dictionary
Poisoning — Taking a substance that is injurious to health or can cause death. Poisoning is still a major hazard to children, despite child resistant (and sometimes adult resistant) packaging and dose limits per container. See also poison, Poison Control… … Medical dictionary
Ackee — taxobox name = Ackee image caption = Ackee fruit regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Sapindales familia = Sapindaceae genus = Blighia species = B. sapida binomial = Blighia… … Wikipedia
Hypoglycin — Chembox new Name = Hypoglycin ImageFile = Hypoglycin.svg ImageName = Hypoglycin IUPACName = L(S) 2 amino 3 (2 methylidenecyclopropyl) propanoic acid OtherNames = Hypoglycin A, Hypoglycine, 2 Methylenecyclopropanylalanine Section1 = Chembox… … Wikipedia
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 32879 ICD10 = ICD10|O|26|6|o|20 ICD9 = ICD9|646.7 ICDO = | OMIM = 609016 OMIM mult = OMIM2|600890 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a rare life… … Wikipedia
Blighia — (bliґyə) a genus of evergreen trees of the family Sapindaceae, native to West Africa. B. saґpida Kon. is the akee or ackee, whose aril is cooked and considered a delicacy in the West Indies but is poisonous if eaten raw. See Jamaican… … Medical dictionary
