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An illness in humans caused by eating quail that have eaten poisonous plants..
Jelliffe and Jelliffe (1982) have chapters dealing with natural plant poisonings, for example, aflatoxicosis, coturnism, Ackee poisoning, Lathyrism, Djenkol bean, and mushrooms.
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?
Use coturnism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Coturnism means An illness in humans caused by eating quail that have eaten poisonous plants..
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Jelliffe and Jelliffe (1982) have chapters dealing with natural plant poisonings, for example, aflatoxicosis, coturnism, Ackee poisoning, Lathyrism, Djenkol bean, and mushrooms.
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