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nicotine poisoning

nicotine poisoning

1 5.7
An illness after taking too much nicotine that causes vomiting and dizziness
  • noun
  • /ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : intoxicación por nicotina
  • Farm workers are at risk of nicotine poisoning if they handle wet tobacco leaves without protection.
  • died of nicotine poisoning

Green tobacco sickness is nicotine poisoning that workers get when they absorb nicotine through their skin.

Examples

  • The most common symptoms of acute nicotine poisoning are nausea, vomiting, headaches and dizziness.

  • The most common symptoms of acute nicotine poisoning are nausea, vomiting, headaches and dizziness.

  • His first nicotine-related investigation appeared on Nov. 22, 1993, and riled cigarette makers with its disclosure of nicotine poisoning among tobacco field workers.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The doctor explained that the symptoms were due to nicotine poisoning, causing severe nausea and tremors.

  • After ingesting a large quantity of tobacco products, she was hospitalized with nicotine poisoning.

Synonyms

poisoning
vsnicotine poisoning
  • Specialized
144 3.9

A serious sickness caused by taking a harmful chemical into the body

is limited to excess of one chemical causing nausea and convulsions

Surface Forms

nicotine poisoning singular
nicotine poisonings plural

Morphology

nicotine + poisoning

The meaning is directly compositional: 'nicotine' names the specific toxic substance and 'poisoning' denotes a harmful condition from absorbing a toxin, so together they clearly mean illness caused by excessive nicotine. This follows a common compound-noun pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Nicotine poisoning comes from nicotine, the strong natural drug found in tobacco. People who touched or swallowed too much nicotine became very sick, so the phrase means 'a toxic condition from too much nicotine'.