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Food poisoning
Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, which causes diarrhea, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.
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Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, which causes diarrhea, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.
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| Word | Definition |
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| ptomainenoun | (dated) Food poisoning. |
| gastrointestinal disordernoun | illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food |
| ptomaine poisoningnoun | a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines |
| paratyphoid fevernoun | (pathology) Any of a variety of acute infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever but less severe, caused by eating food contaminated with certain bacteria of the genus Salmonella. |
| salmonellosisnoun | (pathology) Any of several diseases caused by infection with Salmonella bacteria |
| food-borne diseasenoun | Synonym of food poisoning. |
| salmonellanoun | Food poisoning, especially in humans, caused by such organisms. |
| campylobacterosisnoun | (pathology) A gastrointestinal condition characterized by diarrhea etc., caused by eating raw or unpasteurised food contaminated with campylobacteria. |
| typhoidnoun | (pathology) Ellipsis of typhoid fever. [(pathology) An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.] |
| enteropathynoun | (pathology) An intestinal disorder or disease. |
| food-derived illnessnoun | (uncommon) Synonym of food poisoning. |
| enteritisnoun | (pathology) Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea. |
| choleranoun | (pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration. |
| typhoid fevernoun | (pathology) An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus. |
| gastroenteropathynoun | (pathology) Any disease of the stomach and the intestine |
| sausage poisoningnoun | (pathology) Synonym of allantiasis. |
| allantiasisnoun | (pathology, archaic) Food poisoning (especially botulism) as a result of eating poorly cooked sausages. |
| dysenterynoun | Diarrhea. |
| campylobacteriosisnoun | (pathology) An infection by the bacteria campylobacter. |
| sitotoxismnoun | Food poisoning, especially when caused by spoiled grain. |
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