food poisoning

Noun

Meaning

illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

food-poisoning

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

illness sickness malady unwellness

Hyponyms

ptomaine salmonellosis botulism ptomaine poisoning mushroom poisoning

Examples

My mother accidentally gave me food poisoning. She fed me baby carrots for a snack before Christmas dinner - but they had expired in June! I threw up for the next 24 hours. Busy Philipps

As a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source. Eric Schlosser

Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor. Jonathan Winters

What's the most humiliating thing? When you take someone to dinner or you cook somebody dinner and they get food poisoning. I mean, how bad do you feel? Wendi McLendon-Covey

I got food poisoning today. But I don't know when I'm going to use it. Steven Wright

Almost always, there’s some adversity along the way: missed flights, a bout of food poisoning, inclement weather or plans that don’t work out as seamlessly as they’re supposed to. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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