Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Poisoning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Poisoning.
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- noun biochemistry the
metabolism of adrug or othercompound to produce atoxic metabolite
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Examples
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And through these chemical materials, there were manufacturing death and toxication and assassinations.
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Even if it is clear that driving while in a state of cannabis in toxication is a risk, and that one should avoid driving in this condition, it has not been shown that cannabis, under natural conditions, results in a serious increase in traffic hazards.
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[8] We must not overlook those cases in which false confessions are the results of disease, vivid dreams, and toxications, especially toxication by coal-gas.
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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I often noticed, when she was very sad, that she was relieved, when a child fell sick, at being able to take refuge in this in - toxication.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories [a machine-readable transcription] 1890
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Our pain arose from the irregularity of our life, and also my jealousy, my irritability, and the necessity of keeping myself in a state of perpetual semi-in - toxication by hunting, card-playing, and, above all, the use of wine and tobacco.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories [a machine-readable transcription] 1890
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On one occasion he was induced -- when in a state of in-toxication -- to play with Dick England, who claimed, in consequence, winnings to the amount of two hundred guineas.
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The driver showed other signs of in-toxication, the trooper said, and an open beer can was inside the truck.
billingsgazette.com 2010
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The Home Office pathologist said the main cause of Miss Dooley's death was drowning, with a secondary cause of alcohol and diazepam toxication.
T&S news feed 2009
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A post mortem report by a Home Office pathologist said the main cause of Miss Dooley's death was drowning, with a secondary cause of alcohol and diazepam toxication.
T&S news feed 2009
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A post mortem report by a Home Office pathologist said the main cause of Miss Dooley's death was drowning, with a secondary cause of alcohol and diazepam toxication.
T&S news feed 2009
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