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food poisoning

noun

an acute gastrointestinal condition characterized by such symptoms as headache, fever, chills, abdominal and muscular pain, nausea, diarrhea, and prostration, caused by foods that are naturally toxic, as poisonous mushrooms, by vegetable foods that are chemically contaminated, as by insecticides, or by bacteria or their toxins, especially of the genus Salmonella.

food poisoning

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 )

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.

food poisoning

Illnesses that arise from eating food contaminated with pathogenic or toxic ( see toxins ) substances. Characterized by vomiting and diarrhea , food poisoning is often caused by bacteria , such as salmonella or staphylococci . ( See botulism .)

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First recorded in 1885–90

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"In the dress shop scene, it's not just about girls getting food poisoning," say Feig.

Somewhere between 80 and 90 percent of food-poisoning cases come from food prepared and eaten at home.

Cruz barely recovered from a bout of food poisoning to soldier through her PR paces Tuesday.

This is the most common form of food poisoning known in this country.

The danger of arresting the elimination of the poison in all cases of food poisoning can not be too emphatically condemned.

Very indirect and imperfect indications of the prevalence of certain kinds of food poisoning are afforded by casual press reports.

Possibly certain definitely characterized skin diseases are due to this form of food poisoning.

Many cases of so-called food poisoning are due to the presence of pathogenic bacteria in the food.

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