NOUN | state | food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder | illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food |
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Meaning | illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food. | |
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Synonym | gastrointestinal disorder | |
Narrower | botulism | food poisoning from ingesting botulin |
mushroom poisoning | toxic condition caused by eating certain species of mushrooms (especially Amanita species) | |
ptomaine, ptomaine poisoning | A term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use | |
salmonellosis | A kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium | |
Broader | illness, unwellness, malady, sickness | impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism |
Spanish | desorden gastrointestinal, intoxicación alimentaria, intoxicación, toxicosis | |
Catalan | desordre gastrointestinal, intoxicació |
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