autointoxication

[ aw-toh-in-tok-suh-key-shuhn ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. poisoning with toxic substances formed within the body, as during intestinal digestion.

autointoxication

/ ˌɔːtəʊɪnˌtɒksɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. self-poisoning caused by absorption of toxic products originating within the body Also calledautotoxaemia

Word History and Origins

Origin of autointoxication¹

First recorded in 1885–90; auto- ¹ + intoxication

Example Sentences

If not quickly emptied, the stomach would pass on its rot to its neighboring organs, resulting in the “autointoxication” or poisoning of the body more generally.

From Slate

Call it autointoxication, Running away with me, Ever since the inauguration, running away with me.

From Washington Post

These apparent racists and misogynists have clearly suffered silently for a long time from what Albert Camus called “an autointoxication – the evil secretion, in a sealed vessel, of prolonged impotence”.

From The Guardian

The autointoxication zealots would counter that, as John Harvey Kellogg put it, “the foul fecal matters in the colon pass back into the small intestine.”

From Salon

Autointoxication was one of the most pervasive and enduring concepts in the long, bloated history of medical pseudoscience.

From Salon