poisoning

Noun

poisoning (countable and uncountable, plural poisonings)

1. The administration of a poison.
   • The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger.2023 March 8, Jen Christensen, “Young children are increasingly victims of opioid epidemic, study finds”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023
2. The state of being poisoned.
   • Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021