|Jamaican vomiting sickness -->|
An acute and frequently fatal vomiting disease associated with central nervous system symptoms and marked hypoglycaemia, caused by eating unripe ackee fruit of Blighia spaida, a tree common in Jamaica.
Synonyms: Jamaican vomiting sickness.
(05 Mar 2000)
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