/in tok'si kay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. inebriation; drunkenness.
2. an act or instance of intoxicating.
3. overpowering exhilaration or excitement of the mind or emotions.
4. Pathol. poisoning.
[ 1375-1425; late ME intoxication- (s. of intoxicatio ) a poisoning. See INTOXICATE, -ION ]