Jamaican vomiting sickness
nounDefinitions
An acute illness, with vomiting and dehydration, caused by the toxin hypoglycin A, found…
An acute illness, with vomiting and dehydration, caused by the toxin hypoglycin A, found in unripe ackee fruit.
- Reye's syndrome and Jamaican vomiting sickness are disorders of mitochondrial dysfunction, while MCAD is a defect in mitochondrial beta oxidation of fatty acids.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Jamaican vomiting sickness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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