cheese syndrome

English

Noun

cheese syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, informal) A hypertensive crisis caused by the ingestion of foods high in tyramine (such as some cheeses) while the monoamine metabolism is compromised by the use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors.
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