Look up: poison

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   Poison
   see 'Toxin'
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   Poison
   Any chemical or agent that can cause illness or death when eaten, absorbed through the skin, or inhaled by humans or animals (see pesticides).
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   poison
   [n] - any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism 2. [n] - anything that harms or destroys 3. [v] - spoil as if by poison 4. [v] - kill by its poison 5. [v] - kill with poison 6. [v] - add poison to 7. [v] - administer poison to
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   Poison
   Poison: Any substance that can cause severe distress or death if ingested, breathed in, or absorbed through the skin. Many substances that normally cause no problems, including water and most vitamins, can be poisonous if taken in too large of a quantity. Poison treatment depends on the substance: if there are treatment instructions on the substanc ...
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   poison
   a generic term for any substance that can cause harm and toxic effects on an organism Category: Management in the public and private sector • a substance which after entrance into the body by any means in relatively small quantities may damage some bodily structure or disturb a function Category: Medicine
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   Poison
   Poi'son noun [ French poison , in Old French also, a potion, from Latin potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught, from potare to drink. See Potable , and confer Potion .] 1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison ; the ...
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   Poison
   Poi'son transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Poisoned ; present participle & verbal noun Poisoning .] [ Confer Old French poisonner , French empoissoner , Latin potionare to give to drink. See Poison , noun ] 1. To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as ...
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   Poison
   Poi'son intransitive verb To act as, or convey, a poison. « Tooth that poisons if it bite.» Shak.
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   poison
   1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases. ... 2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin. Poison ash. ... <botany> A poison ...
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    poison
    noun anything that harms or destroys; `the poison of fascism`
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    poison
    toxicant noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
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    Poison
    In the context of biology, `poisons` are substances that can cause damage, illness, or death to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism. Paracelsus, the father of toxicology, once wrote: `Everything is poison, there is poison in everything. Only the dose makes a thing not a poison.` In medicine (particularly veterinary) and in zoology, a poison is oft...
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    poison
    (poi´zәn) a substance that, on ingestion, inhalation, absorption, application, injection, or development within the body, sometimes in just small amounts, may cause structural or functional disturbance. See also toxin and venom. adj., poi´sonous., adj. See also poisoning and names of individual poisons.
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    Poison
    • (n.) Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases. • (n.) To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to. • (n.) To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; ...
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    poison
    in nuclear physics, any material that can easily capture neutrons without subsequently undergoing nuclear fission. Examples of poisons are the ...
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    poison
    in biochemistry, a substance, natural or synthetic, that causes damage to living tissues and has an injurious or fatal effect on the body, whether it ... [35 related articles]
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    poison
    poison 1. A substance that causes injury, illness, or death; especially, by chemical means. 2. Something destructive or fatal. 3. In chemistry and/or physics: a substance that inhibits another substance or a reaction: a catalyst poison. 4. Etymology: a Latin word that passed through Vulgar Latin into Old French in the form of poison. This word mean...
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    poison
    poison, any agent that may produce chemically an injurious or deadly effect when introduced into the body in sufficient quantity. Some poisons can be deadly in minute quantities, others only if relatively large amounts are involved. Factors of importance in determining the severity of a poison inclu...
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