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ALKALI POISONING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alkali poisoning mean?
• ALKALI POISONING (noun)
The noun ALKALI POISONING has 1 sense:
1. poisoning resulting from the ingestion of an alkali compound (as lye or ammonia)
Familiarity information: ALKALI POISONING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Poisoning resulting from the ingestion of an alkali compound (as lye or ammonia)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("alkali poisoning" is a kind of...):
intoxication; poisoning; toxic condition (the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance)
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