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poisoning

[ UK /pˈɔ‍ɪzənɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
  2. the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

How To Use poisoning In A Sentence

  • Chronic poisoning (iodism) is characterized by coryza, salivation, and lachrymation, frontal headache, loss of appetite, marked mental depression, acne of the face and chest, and a petechial eruption on the limbs. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
  • Because of risk of blood poisoning, consult your doctor if there is no improvement in 12 hours if a gumboil bursts, or if abscess seems to be enlarging rapidly; antibiotics may be prescribed to prevent infection spreading.
  • Most intriguingly, among the described symptoms of fugu poisoning is progressive limb paralysis while maintaining consciousness.
  • This can lead to reduced coral growth, inability to recover from hazards like cyclones, smothering of coral by sediment, fish poisoning and unusually high growth rates for organisms that overgrow coral or support its rivals.
  • She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.
  • His symptoms led to the conclusion that his troubles were likely caused by grayanotoxin poisoning, also known as rhododendron poisoning and "mad honey intoxication. The Seattle Times
  • The government said there were 75 cases of ciguatera poisoning affecting 233 people between 2000 and 2003.
  • The tech giant will trawl anonymous confidential data to spot people at risk of kidney disease, blood poisoning and organ failure. The Sun
  • Dr. Cahill, senior attending physician in infectious diseases and emergency medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, serves as the orchestra's in-house physician, treating everything from violinists 'stiff necks to an epidemic of food poisoning that occurred while the orchestra was on tour several years ago. One Virtuoso Physician
  • Diagnostic criteria and principles of management of occupational acute carbon tetrachloride poisoning.
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