poisoning

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• Poisoning — may mean:*For biological toxicity, see toxin and poison * Catalyst poisoning * Nuclear poison * Poisoning, a classification in Cantonese food * Secondary poisoning …   Wikipedia

• poisoning — index contaminate, detriment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• poisoning — noun 1. the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance • Syn: ↑toxic condition, ↑intoxication • Derivationally related forms: ↑intoxicate (for: ↑intoxication) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• poisoning — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, chronic, severe ▪ I had severe food poisoning. ▪ fatal ▪ accidental ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• poisoning — (Roget s IV) n. Varieties of poisoning include: blood poisoning, septicemia, food poisoning, ptomaine, toxemia, lead poisoning, systemic poisoning, corrosive poisoning, irritant poisoning …   English dictionary for students

• poisoning — Synonyms and related words: adulteration, autointoxication, bane, befouling, beheading, blood, blood poisoning, bloodletting, bloodshed, braining, burning, capital punishment, contamination, corruption, crucifixion, dealing death, decapitation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• poisoning — poi|son|ing [ˈpɔızənıŋ] n [U and C] 1.) illness caused by swallowing, touching, or breathing in a poisonous substance alcohol/lead/radiation etc poisoning (=caused by a particular substance) ▪ a case of alcohol poisoning 2.) the act of giving… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• poisoning — noun (C, U) illness caused by swallowing, touching, or breathing in a poisonous substance: Several cases of poisoning have been reported. | alcohol/mercury/radiation poisoning (=caused by a particular substance) see also: food poisoning …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• poisoning — UK [ˈpɔɪz(ə)nɪŋ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms poisoning : singular poisoning plural poisonings an occasion when someone is affected by poison alcohol/chemical/mercury poisoning …   English dictionary

• poisoning — n. blood; food; lead; ptomaine poisoning * * * [ pɔɪz(ə)nɪŋ] food lead ptomaine poisoning blood …   Combinatory dictionary

• Poisoning — Poison Poi son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poisoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poisoning}.] [Cf. OF. poisonner, F. empoissoner, L. potionare to give to drink. See {Poison}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English