English Explanatory Dictionary

toxic oil syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unusual disease that broke out in Spain in 1981, resembling a lung infection but unaffected by antibiotics, caused by the consumption of imported rapeseed oil, intended for industrial use, that had been sold as olive oil.

Word forms

toxic oil syndrome

Synonyms

toxic syndrome
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