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Jamaican vomiting sickness en · NOUN

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  1. (uncountable) 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. 1997, Norman Gitlin, The Liver and Systemic Disease, page 277: