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PARATHION POISONING

Dictionary entry overview: What does parathion poisoning mean?

• PARATHION POISONING (noun)
The noun PARATHION POISONING has 1 sense:

1. a toxic condition resulting from inhalation or ingestion of the insecticide parathion; characterized by nausea and abdominal pains and headache and convulsions and sweating

Familiarity information: PARATHION POISONING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PARATHION POISONING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A toxic condition resulting from inhalation or ingestion of the insecticide parathion; characterized by nausea and abdominal pains and headache and convulsions and sweating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("parathion poisoning" is a kind of...):

pesticide poisoning (toxic condition resulting from ingesting or inhaling a pesticide)

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