intoxication

intoxication /in·tox·i·ca·tion/ (-tok″sĭ-ka´shun)

1. stimulation, excitement, or stupefaction caused by a chemical substance, or as if by one.

2. substance i., especially that due to ingestion of alcohol.

3. poisoning; the state of being poisoned.

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substance intoxication  reversible, substance-specific, maladaptive behavioral or psychological changes directly resulting from the physiologic effects on the central nervous system of recent ingestion of or exposure to a psychoactive substance, particularly alcohol.

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in·tox·i·ca·tion (n-tks-kshn)

n.

1. The pathological state produced by a drug, serum, alcohol, or any toxic substance; poisoning.

2. Acute alcoholism.

3. A state of mental excitement or emotional frenzy.

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Intoxication

The desired mental, physical, or emotional state produced by a substance.

Mentioned in: Substance Abuse and Dependence

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intoxication

[intok′sikā′shən]

Etymology: L, in, within; Gk, toxikon, poison

1 the state of being poisoned by a drug or other toxic substance.

2 the state of being inebriated as a result of an excessive consumption of alcohol.

3 a state of mental or emotional hyperexcitability, usually euphoric.

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intoxication

poisoning; the state of being poisoned.

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intoxication

1. A pathologic state induced by an exogenous or,less commonly, endogenous toxic substance 2. Drunkenness, inebriation Toxicology Too much of a bad or, less commonly, a good thing. See Arsenic intoxication, Chromium intoxication, Iodine intoxication, Scombroid intoxication, Selenium intoxication, Toxicology, Vitamin A intoxication, Vitamin C intoxication, Vitamin D intoxication, Vitamin E intoxication, Vitamin K intoxication, Water intoxication, Zinc intoxication.