Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tyrotoxicon \Tyr`o*tox"i*con\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? cheese + ?.
   See {Toxic}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
   A ptomaine discovered by Vaughan in putrid cheese and other
   dairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera
   infantum. Chemically, it appears to be related to, or
   identical with, diazobenzol.