intoxication Definition
in·toxi·ca·tion (in täk′si kā′s̸hən)
noun
- an intoxicating or becoming intoxicated; specif.,
- a making or becoming drunk
- Med. a poisoning or becoming poisoned, as by a drug, serum, etc.
- a feeling of wild excitement; rapture; frenzy
intoxication Synonyms
intoxication Law Definition
n
The condition of being mentally or physically impaired
due to the ingestion of alcohol or drugs.
intoxication Usage Examples
Preposition: of
color: The Birdcage is a sensory intoxication of color and sound.
Converse of object
- cause: A dose of cannabis which could cause intense intoxication in a na"ve user may have little or no effect in a regular cannabis user.
- produce: But this tree, which bore the fruit used in the Soma sacrifices to produce intoxication and the somnambulic sleep, was lost.
- achieve: HISTORY Use of solvent type products to achieve intoxication is not new.
- induce: Whatever is intended to produce hypnosis, is likely to induce sordid intoxication, or creates fog, has got to be given up.
- indicate: Increased hostility and aggression after barbiturates and alcohol usually indicates intoxication.
- avoid: How such plant cells avoid intoxication has remained an open question.
Preposition: in
hall: The governing body has decided to introduce some new rules to control the level of intoxication in hall.
Adjective modifier
- acute: In a regular user of cannabis, acute intoxication by the drug would have little effect on performance.
- severe: Total exchange transfusion has been used in the treatment of severe intoxication in children.
- involuntary: For these reasons the House declined to create a new doctrine of involuntary intoxication.
- divine: We do have plenty of ancient historical texts that describe divine intoxication.
- chronic: Withdrawal results in a migraine-like headache which has led sufferers to treat with further doses, developing a particular syndrome of chronic ergot intoxication.
- alcoholic: There may be a display of basic personality traits and emotions much the same as with alcoholic intoxication.
Noun used with modifier
- cannabis: Cannabis intoxication informs drivers that they cannot drive properly, alcohol intoxication convinces drivers that their skills are improved.
- alcohol: Jane went on: In 2003/04 alone, there were 775 hospital admissions of people for acute alcohol intoxication in Glasgow city center.
- water: My first experience with a client with water intoxication was in the early 1980s.
- drug: The goal of the program was to determine a history of drug use rather than to confirm drug intoxication.
- barbiturate: And there was barbiturate intoxication and deaths from Vioxx which I found so helpful.
- marijuana: Carry-over effects of marijuana intoxication on aircraft pilot performance: a preliminary report.
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