poisoning

[poi-zuh-ning]

noun

Pathology.

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

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

Example Sentences

A girl named Sham was born in Gaza in November 2023 and survived smoke poisoning as an infant.

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He said that in the past wells had been associated with poisoning and illness and many of the public wells in Glasgow were capped and then forgotten.

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Do I tell my sister and brother-in-law that the turkey was undercooked last year and could have given us all food poisoning?

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The WHO has described this as the largest mass poisoning in history.

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Investigators had originally had suspicions about food poisoning, as the family had visited the tourist neighbourhood of Ortakoy for street food prior to the deaths.

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