poisoning
English
Noun
poisoning (countable and uncountable, plural poisonings)
- The administration of a poison.
- The state of being poisoned.
- 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
- Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese […] began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.
Hyponyms
- (administration of a poison): envenomation
Derived terms
Translations
administration of a poison
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state of being poisoned
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Derived terms
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