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FOOD POISONING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food
Synonyms:
food poisoning; gastrointestinal disorder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("food poisoning" is a kind of...):
illness; malady; sickness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "food poisoning"):
botulism (food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly)
mushroom poisoning (toxic condition caused by eating certain species of mushrooms (especially Amanita species))
ptomaine; ptomaine poisoning (a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines)
salmonellosis (a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium)
