Scombroid food poisoning — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Histamine DiseasesDB = 31114 ICD10 = ICD10|T|61|1|t|51 ICD9 = ICD9|988.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 523 MeshID = Scombroid food poisoning is a foodborne illness… … Wikipedia
scombroid poisoning — a form of ichthyosarcotoxism caused by ingestion of a toxic histaminelike substance produced by the action of bacteria on histidine, a normal component of fish flesh; scombroid fish (tuna, bonito, mackerel, etc.) are particularly susceptible to… … Medical dictionary
scombroid — noun important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters • Syn: ↑scombroid fish • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
scombroid — /skom broyd/, adj. 1. resembling the mackerel. 2. resembling or related to the mackerel family Scombridae. n. 3. a mackerel or related scombroid fish. [1835 45; < Gk skómbr(os) mackerel + OID] * * * … Universalium
scombroid — scom•broid [[t]ˈskɒm brɔɪd[/t]] adj. 1) ich resembling or related to the mackerel family Scombridae 2) ich a mackerel or related scombroid fish … From formal English to slang
scombroid — /ˈskɒmbrɔɪd/ (say skombroyd) adjective 1. resembling the mackerel. 2. belonging or relating to the mackerel family (Scombridae) or the superfamily (Scombroidea) containing the mackerel family. –noun 3. a mackerel or related scombroid fish. Also,… …
Scombroid — Scom broid (sk[o^]m broid), a. [Scomber + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family. n. Any fish of the family {Scombrid[ae]}, of which the mackerel ({Scomber}) is the type, and including the tuna ({Thunnus} and related genera).… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scombroid — [skäm′broid΄] adj. [< ModL Scombridae < L scomber, mackerel (< Gr skombros) + OID] 1. of a widely distributed family (Scombridae) of spiny finned percoid food fishes, including the mackerels, bonitos, and tunas 2. like a mackerel n. a… … English World dictionary
fish poisoning — Illness from eating varieties of poisonous fishes. Most cases are caused by one of three toxins: ciguatera poisoning, from fishes in whose flesh dinoflagellates have produced toxins; tetraodon poisoning, from a nerve toxin in certain pufferlike… … Universalium
Fish diseases and parasites — This gizzard shad has VHS, a deadly infectious disease which causes bleeding. It afflicts over 50 species of freshwater and marine fish in the northern hemisphere.[1] Like humans and other animals, fish suffer from diseases and parasites. Fish… … Wikipedia
