allantiasis

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allantiasis

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From allant- + -iasis.

noun

  1. archaic, uncountable Food poisoning (especially botulism) as a result of eating poorly cooked sausages. In the first case, a child of 3 years, it was preceded a few months before by an alimentary intoxication, allantiasis; in the second case there was no history of an infectious disease.

    Similar: sausage poisoning

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noun food poisoning as a result of eating poorly cooked sausages

DeutschWurstvergiftung
Italianoallantiasi
Ελληνικάαλλαντίαση allantíasi

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@misc{allantiasis_2026,
  title = {allantiasis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/allantiasis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}