poisoning | the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill |
food poisoning gastrointestinal disorder | illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food |
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 |
lead poisoning plumbism saturnism | toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system |
blood poisoning septicemia septicaemia | invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection |
poisoning toxic condition intoxication | the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance |
alkali poisoning | poisoning resulting from the ingestion of an alkali compound (as lye or ammonia) |
carbon monoxide poisoning | a toxic condition that results from inhaling and absorbing carbon monoxide gas, carbon monoxide combines with hemoglobin and displaces oxygen in the blood |
cyanide poisoning | poisoning due to ingesting or inhaling cyanide, common in smoke from fires and in industrial chemicals |
malathion poisoning | a toxic condition caused by inhaling or ingesting the insecticide Malathion |
mercury poisoning | a toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury, acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death |
naphthalene poisoning | toxic condition resulting from inhaling or ingesting naphthalene |
nicotine poisoning | toxic condition caused by the ingestion or inhalation of large amounts of nicotine |
paraquat poisoning | poisoning caused by ingestion of paraquat, characterized by progressive damage to the esophagus and liver and kidneys |
parathion poisoning | a toxic condition resulting from inhalation or ingestion of the insecticide parathion, characterized by nausea and abdominal pains and headache and convulsions and sweating |
pesticide poisoning | toxic condition resulting from ingesting or inhaling a pesticide |
salicylate poisoning | poisoning caused by the excessive ingestion of salicylates (usually aspirin) |
bony cadaverous emaciated gaunt haggard pinched skeletal wasted | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold, emaciated bony hands, a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys, eyes were haggard and cavernous, small pinched faces, kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration |
cadaverous cadaveric | of or relating to a cadaver or corpse, we had long anticipated his cadaverous end |