Definitions
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- noun Self-poisoning caused by endogenous microorganisms, metabolic wastes, or other toxins produced within the body.
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- noun medicine
Poisoning due to the faultyabsorption of thewaste products ofmetabolism or of the products ofdecomposition within theintestines .
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Examples
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He is poisoned by his retained excretions, suffering from what is called autointoxication or self-poisoning.
Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency R. L. Alsaker
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Injurious substances which result from the fermentation would be absorbed, causing what is known as autointoxication, complicated with constipation.
The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male Winfield Scott Hall
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Death comes of autointoxication, which is slow and painful. "
Highways in Hiding George Oliver Smith 1946
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The term "autointoxication" should properly be restricted to conditions where poison arises from changes in the tissues or in the activities of cells or organs, whereby substances are released into the circulation in quantities harmful to the organism; in other words, where the secretions of the body are altered, either in character or quantity, to such a degree as to cause injurious effects, such as overactivity or underactivity of the thyroid gland, or suprarenal gland.
How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Eugene Lyman Fisk 1907
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She was suffering from “autointoxication,” which leads to crazy behavior.
The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009
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If you want to eliminate morphine-like molecules that poison your brain, if you want to eliminate the possibility of “autointoxication,” if you want to reduce the inflammation in your gut that is setting your brain on fire, the solution is simple: eliminate the dietary and environmental factors that are traumatizing your gut and feed it what it needs so you can live in harmony with it.
The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009
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Winning an election can create autointoxication among a president and his top aides.
The Thirty Days of Barack Obama Drew, Elizabeth 2009
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But I think in an age of excessive governmental memoranda, autointoxication and blather, they are worth a thousand staged pictures of violence and a million political words.
Tv's True Violence 2008
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The waste material accumulates and saturates the tissues, which causes autointoxication.
The Master Key System Charles F. Haanel 2008
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The waste material accumulates and saturates the tissues, which causes autointoxication.
The Master Key System Charles F. Haanel 2008
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