food poisoning
English Thesaurus
1. illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food (noun.state)
| hyponym | : | botulism, |
| definition | : | food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | mushroom poisoning, |
| definition | : | toxic condition caused by eating certain species of mushrooms (especially Amanita species) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | ptomaine, ptomaine poisoning, |
| definition | : | a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | salmonellosis, |
| definition | : | a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium (noun.state) |
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