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PARATHION POISONING
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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
Sense 1
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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