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    FOOD POISONING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Illness caused by poisonous or contaminated foodplay

    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)

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