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INTOXICATION (See also:Lat. toxicare, intoxicare, to smear with See also:poison, toxicum, an See also:adaptation of Gr. 'r(*uK v, sc. ¢apµasov, a poison smeared on arrows; roEov, See also:bow) , poisoning, or the See also:action of poisons, whether of drugs, bacterial products, or other toxic substances, and hence the See also:condition resulting from such poisoning, particularly the disorder of the See also:nervous See also:system produced by excessive drinking of See also:alcohol (see See also:INEBRIETY and See also:DRUNKENNESS).

End of Article: INTOXICATION (Lat. toxicare, intoxicare, to smear with poison, toxicum, an adaptation of Gr. 'r(*uK v, sc. ¢apµasov, a poison smeared on arrows; roEov, bow)

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