Tyrotoxism

Jeevan Sivasubramaniam Posted by Jeevan Sivasubramaniam, Managing Director, Editorial, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.



Tyrotoxism (tai-ro-tox-ism) noun: To be poisoned by cheese and related dairy products.
Tyrotoxism (tai-ro-tox-ism) noun: To be poisoned by cheese and related dairy products.

It's sounds almost comical, but people often forget that cheese is essentially dairy gone bad, and if not carefully produced, may contain impurities that could easily kill someone.

"No one could argue with the darkly humorous irony of the pizza magnate who died of tyrotoxism."