Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A diseased condition resulting from poisoning.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A morbid condition produced by the action of a poison; a chronic poisoning.

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  • noun toxicology illness due to poisoning

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Examples

  • A more severe reaction is tick toxicosis, which is a type of poisoning.

    The Examiner Home RSS Ken White 2010

  • A more severe reaction is tick toxicosis, which is a type of poisoning.

    The Examiner Home RSS Ken White 2010

  • Fescue toxicosis occurs when tall fescue, a common pasture and hay forage for horses throughout the United States and Canada, is infected with a fungal endophyte (a plant parasite living within another organism).

    TheHorse.com News 2009

  • Add in personal self enrichment from expense fiddles, petty corruption and barefaced lying to that toxicosis.

    Archive 2008-11-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

  • Add in personal self enrichment from expense fiddles, petty corruption and barefaced lying to that toxicosis.

    Remember, Remember: Fricassée of Hazel & GuF Balls 2008

  • Not satisfied with fighting World War VII on just the Iraq and domestic fronts, the 101st Fighting Keyboarders' John Hinderaker risked carpal tunnel syndrome and Cheeto toxicosis to drop a full load of swagger on the Islamunists of Lebanon, Friday:

    PFC. Hinderaker fights the war on three fronts. 2006

  • Already there are genetic probes available to detect carriers of cystinuria in Newfoundland dogs; Von Willebrand's disease, a bleeding disorder, in poodles and Manchester terriers; and copper toxicosis in Bedlington terriers.

    The Truth About Dogs 1999

  • Already there are genetic probes available to detect carriers of cystinuria in Newfoundland dogs; Von Willebrand's disease, a bleeding disorder, in poodles and Manchester terriers; and copper toxicosis in Bedlington terriers.

    The Truth About Dogs 1999

  • Deoxynivalenol wheat, acute human toxicosis, internal

    6. Fungi and mycotoxins 1996

  • OSTROWSKI, S.R. and OLIVER, M.N. (1987) Oak toxicosis in cattle in Northern California: clinical and pathological findings.

    Chapter 5 1994

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