poisoning /poi·son·ing/ (poiz´ning) the morbid condition produced by a poison.
blood poisoning septicemia.
food poisoning a group of acute illnesses due to ingestion of contaminated food. It may result from allergy; toxemia from foods, such as those inherently poisonous or those contaminated by poisons; foods containing poisons formed by bacteria; or foodborne infections.
heavy metal poisoning poisoning with any of the heavy metals, particularly antimony, arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, thallium, or zinc.
mushroom poisoning that due to ingestion of poisonous mushrooms; see Amanita.
nicotine poisoning poisoning by nicotine, such as in tobacco workers or children who eat cigarettes, marked by stimulation and then depression of the central and autonomic nervous systems, and sometimes death from respiratory paralysis.
salmon poisoning see Neorickettsia.
sausage poisoning allantiasis.
scombroid poisoning epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, headache, dysphagia, thirst, urticaria, and pruritus, usually lasting for less than 24 hours, caused by the ingestion of a toxic histamine-like substance produced by bacterial action on histidine in fish flesh; occurring when inadequately preserved scombroid fish (tuna, bonito, mackerel, etc.) are eaten.
shellfish poisoning poisoning from eating bivalve mollusks contaminated with a neurotoxin secreted by protozoa.
sau·sage poisoning (sô s j)n. See allantiasis. |
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