poisoning en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/
Etymology
By surface analysis, poison + -ing.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The administration of a poison.
The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger.
2023 March 8, Jen Christensen, “Young children are increasingly victims of opioid epidemic, study finds”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023:
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being poisoned.
Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.
2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| poisonings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
food poisoning · alcohol poisoning · Georgina poisoning · sun poisoning · antipoisoning · sausage poisoning · lead poisoning · leather poisoning · blood poisoning · crowd-poisoning · data poisoning · water poisoning · autopoisoning · radiation poisoning · poisoning attack · phosphorus poisoning
Hyponyms
envenomation (administration of a poison)
Translations (74)
sh тровање (administration of a poison) · hu intoxikáció (state of being poisoned) · nl vergiftiging (administration of a poison) · ca enverinament (administration of a poison) · ht anpwazònman (administration of a poison) · fo eitran (administration of a poison) · cmn 毒殺 /毒杀 (administration of a poison) · it avvelenamento (administration of a poison) · ru отравле́ние (administration of a poison) · ja 中毒 (state of being poisoned) · bg отра́вяне (administration of a poison) · fi myrkyttäminen (administration of a poison) · cs otrava (administration of a poison) · hu mérgezés (state of being poisoned) · ru отравле́ние (state of being poisoned) · et mürgitus (state of being poisoned) · gl envelenamento (state of being poisoned) · sv förgiftning (administration of a poison) · id keracunan (state of being poisoned) · ms keracunan (state of being poisoned) · mr विषबाधा (state of being poisoned) · ko 독살 (administration of a poison) · ar تَسَمُّم (state of being poisoned) · de Vergiftung (administration of a poison) · fa تسمیم (administration of a poison) · da forgiftning (administration of a poison) · fr intoxication (state of being poisoned) · sh trovanje (administration of a poison) · sl zastrupitev (state of being poisoned) · pt envenenamento (administration of a poison) · hi विषाक्तन (state of being poisoned) · ko 중독 (state of being poisoned) · ca enverinament (state of being poisoned) · bg отра́вяне (state of being poisoned) · ro otrăvire (administration of a poison) · ja 中毒 (administration of a poison) · pt envenenamento (state of being poisoned) · mr विषप्रयोग (administration of a poison) · ga nimhiú (administration of a poison) · cmn 毒害 (administration of a poison) · ko 중독 (administration of a poison) · hi विषाक्तता (state of being poisoned) · es emponzoñamiento (state of being poisoned) · es emponzoñamiento (administration of a poison) · be атру́чванне (state of being poisoned) · de Vergiftung (state of being poisoned) · ar تَسْمِيم (administration of a poison) · uk отру́єння (state of being poisoned) · ga nimhiú (state of being poisoned) · hu mérgezés (administration of a poison) · gl envelenamento (administration of a poison) · et mürgistus (state of being poisoned) · cs otrava (state of being poisoned) · fa مسمومیت (administration of a poison) · ms peracunan (administration of a poison) · eo veneniĝo (state of being poisoned) · ja 毒害 (administration of a poison) · ja 毒殺 (administration of a poison) · be атру́чванне (administration of a poison) · et mürgitamine (administration of a poison) · cmn 中毒 (state of being poisoned) · cs otrávení (state of being poisoned) · cmn 毒死 (administration of a poison) · uk отру́єння (administration of a poison) · pl zatrucie (state of being poisoned) · mk труење (state of being poisoned) · fi myrkytys (state of being poisoned) · hi विषाक्तन (administration of a poison) · pl zatrucie (administration of a poison) · sl zastrupljanje (administration of a poison) · sk otrava (administration of a poison) · cmn 中毒 (administration of a poison) · mk труење (administration of a poison) · fr empoisonnement (administration of a poison)