noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blood poisoning
food poisoning
salmonella poisoning
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a case of salmonella poisoning
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blood
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I've been going downhill for several days now. Blood poisoning seems the problem.
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She warned him that the dye might come out and that he'd get blood poisoning .
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A few days later, Earl Seiguard died of blood poisoning .
food
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The nursery has closed down while environmental health officers try to find the source of the food poisoning .
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The food must be properly cooked to ensure the diners don't go down with food poisoning .
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A 50g sample of each food item must be kept for 72 hours in case there is an outbreak of food poisoning .
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If you're suffering from holiday diarrhoea, you've probably got food poisoning .
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His wife rang court officials to say he was ill with food poisoning .
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There are three main principles involved in the prevention of food poisoning .
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Accident the mushrooms, the lobster. Food poisoning .
lead
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More than 20 animals, mostly calves, have died from lead poisoning .
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Certain deficiencies, of vitamins or iodine, can be harmful, and there are serious dangers from mercurial or lead poisoning .
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Severe lead poisoning is a cause of intellectual impairment.
■ VERB
cause
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There is no evidence to suggest that the chimney was capped deliberately to cause carbon monoxide poisoning .
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Quite often food that will cause bacterial food poisoning looks and smells perfectly acceptable.
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Moreover, death caused by poisoning , the most pre-meditated of all murders, was exempted from liability to capital punishment.
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The Consumers Association says some could have caused food poisoning .
die
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More than 20 animals, mostly calves, have died from lead poisoning .
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The inquest was told that Mr Jeffrey, who was from Stroud, had died from carbon monoxide poisoning .
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Five hours later he died of arsenic poisoning .
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On no account could Lady Eleanor die of poisoning .
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A few days later, Earl Seiguard died of blood poisoning .
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The story Unjust Desserts on April 13 describes a Croydon family in which three members died from arsenic poisoning .
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A postmortem investigation revealed he'd died of carbon monoxide poisoning .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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There was no evidence of poisoning in the death of John Wallace.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As far as Greenpeace is concerned - unless the rot is stopped now rivers like the Severn are doomed to slow death by poisoning .
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But the Consumers' Association wants tougher action on food hygiene, to fully protect consumers from the risk of food poisoning .
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Food poisoning was suspected and links suggested with mushrooms served at the Green Dragon pub.
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Most of what is known about acute aluminium poisoning comes from studying patients treated for kidney failure by dialysis.
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Rumours circulate of bombs in New York's subway system, and the poisoning of water wells.
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She had fallen ill following a dinner at her son's house and had shown symptoms of arsenic poisoning .
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That was what a poisoning was: death by remote control.
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This led detectives to conclude that three of the four dead children had suffered potassium poisoning .