coturnism

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noun

An illness in humans caused by eating quail that have eaten poisonous plants.

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nouncoturnism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn illness in humans caused by eating quail that have eaten poisonous plants.

    Another major question for consideration is why are not all quail toxic, or phrased a different way, why are there not more reported cases of coturnism?

    2012, E. F. Jelliffe, Adverse Effects of Foods, page 56
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    Jelliffe and Jelliffe (1982) have chapters dealing with natural plant poisonings, for example, aflatoxicosis, coturnism, Ackee poisoning, Lathyrism, Djenkol bean, and mushrooms.

    1990, H.O. Lancaster, Expectations of Life: A Study in the Demography, Statistics, and History of World Mortality
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