Look up: poison

1. 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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2. 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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3. 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: i...
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4. 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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5. 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 in...
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6. Poison
   Poi'son transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Poisoned ; present participle & verbal noun Poisoning .] [ Confer Old French poisonner , French empoissoner , Latin ...
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7. Poison
   Poi'son intransitive verb To act as, or convey, a poison. « Tooth that poisons if it bite.» Shak.
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8. 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 po...
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9. poison
   noun anything that harms or destroys; `the poison of fascism`
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10. poison
    toxicant noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
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11. 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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12. 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...
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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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 ...
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16. Poison
    Poison is British slang for an unpleasant person.
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17. Poison
    Poison is British slang for an unpleasant person.
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18. 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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19. poison
    Type: Term Pronunciation: poy′zŏn Definitions: 1. Any substance, either taken internally or applied externally, injurious to health or dangerous to life. 2. A substance that inhibits a chemical reaction or inactivates a catalyst.
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20. poison
    Any substance that causes injury, illness, or death, especially by chemical means. In biology, the word poison is reserved for substances that are most likely to enter the body via the mouth or airways. Poisonous substances injected by biting or stinging animals are called venom, while those release...
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21. Poison
    in this context is a Toxin that can be absorbed through the skin, and are generally administered passively when touched or eaten, i.e. aren`t used to attack, more as a defensive mechanism. The Puffer Fish is an example of a poisonous creature.
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22. Poison
    Any toxic substance that upsets normal functions in living organisms by surface absorption, injection or ingestion, eventually leading to death if the dosage is sufficiently strong. When ?poison? is on a product label it means that the chemical or substance inside is highly toxic.
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23. poison
    Any substance that harms the body or causes death - see venom
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24. Poison
    In the context of biology, `poisons` are substances that can cause disturbances to poison-->--> usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism. In medicine (particularly veterinary) and in zoology, a poison is often distin...
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25. Poison
    (band) `Poison` is an American publisher = RIAA-->--> The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn".<ref name="allmusic">|title = Poison: Billboard...
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