Meanings
plural food poisonings
- uncountableusuallybacteriologyAny food-borne disease, such as salmonella, that typically causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.
Synonyms: bromatotoxism, foodborne illness, food-borne disease, ptomaine
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny food-borne disease, such as salmonella, that typically causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.
More synonyms by meaning
nounillness caused by poisonous or contaminated food
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans voedselvergiftiging
- voedselvergiftigingany food-borne disease
Catalan toxiinfecció alimentària, intoxicació alimentària
- toxiinfecció alimentàriaany food-borne disease
- intoxicació alimentàriaany food-borne disease
Chinese Mandarin 食物中毒
- 食物中毒 (shíwù zhòngdú)any food-borne disease
Czech alimentární onemocnění
- alimentární onemocněníany food-borne disease
Danish madforgiftning, fødevareforgiftning
- madforgiftningany food-borne disease
- fødevareforgiftningany food-borne disease
Dutch voedselvergiftiging
- voedselvergiftigingany food-borne disease
Estonian toidumürgitus
- toidumürgitusany food-borne disease
Finnish ruokamyrkytys
- ruokamyrkytysany food-borne disease
French intoxication alimentaire, toxi-infection alimentaire
- intoxication alimentaireany food-borne disease
- toxi-infection alimentaireany food-borne disease
German Lebensmittelvergiftung
- Lebensmittelvergiftungany food-borne disease
Greek τροφική δηλητηρίαση
- τροφική δηλητηρίαση (trofikí dilitiríasi)any food-borne disease
Hindi भोजन विषात्तन
- भोजन विषात्तन (bhojan viṣāttan)any food-borne disease
Hungarian ételmérgezés
- ételmérgezésany food-borne disease
Icelandic matareitrun
- matareitrunany food-borne disease
Irish nimhiú bia
- nimhiú biaany food-borne disease
Japanese 食中毒
- 食中毒 (shokuchūdoku)any food-borne disease
Korean 식중독
- 식중독 (sikjungdok)any food-borne disease
Norwegian Bokmål matforgiftning
- matforgiftningany food-borne disease
Polish zatrucie pokarmowe
- zatrucie pokarmoweany food-borne disease
Portuguese intoxicação alimentar, intoxicação gastrintestinal
- intoxicação alimentarany food-borne disease
- intoxicação gastrintestinalany food-borne disease
Russian пищево́е отравле́ние
- пищево́е отравле́ние (piščevóje otravlénije)any food-borne disease
Spanish intoxicación alimentaria, toxiinfección alimentaria
- intoxicación alimentariaany food-borne disease
- toxiinfección alimentariaany food-borne disease
- emponzoñamiento alimenticioany food-borne disease
Swedish matförgiftning
- matförgiftningany food-borne disease
Tamil ஃபுட் பாய்சன்
- ஃபுட் பாய்சன் (fuṭ pāycaṉ)any food-borne disease
Turkish gıda zehirlenmesi
- gıda zehirlenmesiany food-borne disease
Ukrainian харчове́ отру́єння
- харчове́ отру́єння (xarčové otrújennja)any food-borne disease
Vietnamese ngộ độc thực phẩm
- ngộ độc thực phẩmany food-borne disease
Welsh gwenwyn bwyd
- gwenwyn bwydany food-borne disease
Cite this entry
food poisoning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20poisoning
“food poisoning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20poisoning. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “food poisoning,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20poisoning.
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