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food poisoning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
food poi-son-ing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, that typically causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

food poisonings (plural)

Synonyms

bromatotoxism foodborne illness food-borne disease ptomaine gastrointestinal disorder

Questions

What does food poisoning mean?
Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, that typically causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.

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