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food poisoning
- the sickness resulting from eating food contaminated either by bacterial toxins or by certain bacteria, esp. salmonella, often causing vomiting, diarrhea, and prostration
- poisoning resulting from naturally poisonous foods, as certain mushrooms, or from chemical contaminants in food
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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