poisoning

By surface analysis, poison +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/

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poisoning (countable and uncountable, plural poisonings)

1. The administration of a poison.
   • 2023 March 8, Jen Christensen, “Young children are increasingly victims of opioid epidemic, study finds”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger.

2. The state of being poisoned.
   • 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist‎^[2], volume 411, number 8884, archived from the original on 20 January 2021:

     Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese […] began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.

• (administration of a poison): envenomation

poisoning

1. present participle and gerund of poison

• blood poisoning
• food poisoning