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poisoning

[poi-zuh-ning]

noun

Pathology.
  1. the condition produced by a poison or by a toxic substance.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of poisoning1

First recorded in 1400–50, poisoning is from the late Middle English word poisenynge. See poison, -ing 1
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Migrants, he said, were “poisoning the blood” of the country and “getting them out will be a bloody story.”

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Ms Patterson said she didn't tell doctors about the possibility that wild mushrooms had been unintentionally included because the lunch guests were already getting treatment for death cap mushroom poisoning.

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Before the development of penicillin, blood poisoning could follow even minor wounds with no cure available.

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Beginning in February, hundreds of dolphins and sea lions started washing up on California beaches, either dead or suffering neurotoxin poisoning symptoms such as aggression, lethargy and seizures.

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"It will also bolster our defenses against fentanyl and other dangerous narcotics that have been poisoning our communities," she added.

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