intoxication
Americannoun
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inebriation; drunkenness.
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an act or instance of intoxicating.
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overpowering exhilaration or excitement of the mind or emotions.
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Pathology. poisoning.
noun
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drunkenness; inebriation
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great elation
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the act of intoxicating
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poisoning
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Origin of intoxication
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin intoxicātiōn- (stem of intoxicātiō ) a poisoning. See intoxicate, -ion
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Jamison is best known for her essay collections “The Empathy Exams” and “Make It Scream, Make It Burn” and her unflinching memoirs “The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath” and “Splinters,” published earlier this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024
It’s possible to imagine the screenplay Aaron Sorkin would make from Leslie Jamison’s memoir “The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath.”
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2018
Intoxication of HeLa cells with wild-type and mutant TcC.
From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014
Intoxication of HeLa cells with wild-type and mutant TcC.
From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014
Intoxication from common food after fatigue and inanition.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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