food poisoning

food poisoning

n.

1. An acute, often severe gastrointestinal disorder characterized by vomiting and diarrhea and caused by eating food contaminated with bacteria, especially bacteria of the genus Salmonella, or the toxins they produce.

2. Poisoning caused by ingesting substances, such as certain mushrooms, that contain natural toxins.

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food poisoning

n

(Medicine / Pathology) an acute illness typically characterized by gastrointestinal inflammation, vomiting, and diarrhoea, caused by food that is either naturally poisonous or contaminated by pathogenic bacteria (esp Salmonella)

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food poisoning

An acute gastrointestinal disorder characterized by vomiting and diarrhea, caused by eating food contaminated with bacteria, usually of the genus Salmonella or the genus Staphylococcus, which produces a toxin.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

food poisoning - illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food gastrointestinal disorder illness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism botulism - food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly mushroom poisoning - toxic condition caused by eating certain species of mushrooms (especially Amanita species) ptomaine poisoning, ptomaine - a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines salmonellosis - a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium

Translations

food poisoning n → intossicazione f alimentare

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food poisoning n → intossicazione f alimentare

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