coturnism

English

Noun

coturnism (uncountable)

1. An illness in humans caused by eating quail that have eaten poisonous plants.
   • 1990, H.O. Lancaster, Expectations of Life: A Study in the Demography, Statistics, and History of World Mortality:

     Jelliffe and Jelliffe (1982) have chapters dealing with natural plant poisonings, for example, aflatoxicosis, coturnism, Ackee poisoning, Lathyrism, Djenkol bean, and mushrooms.

   • 2012, E. F. Jelliffe, Adverse Effects of Foods, page 56:

     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?

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