Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water poisoning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter poi-son-ing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Contaminating a water source with a toxin.

Countable; Uncountable

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What does water poisoning mean?
A potentially fatal medical condition, also called water intoxication, caused by extremely rapid intake of water.

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