salicylate poisoning
- noun
- /ˌsælɪˈsɪleɪt ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/
- Specialized
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intoxicación por salicilatos
- The patient was admitted to the emergency room with signs of salicylate poisoning after taking too much aspirin.
Examples
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Children are particularly at risk of salicylate poisoning due to accidental ingestion of medications.
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Early diagnosis of salicylate poisoning is crucial to prevent serious complications.
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He was diagnosed with salicylate poisoning after taking too many aspirin.
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Is salicylate poisoning common among children?
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Children are particularly at risk of salicylate poisoning due to accidental ingestion of medications.
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Early diagnosis of salicylate poisoning is crucial to prevent serious complications.
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The patient was admitted to the emergency room with signs of salicylate poisoning after taking too much aspirin.
Synonyms
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3.9
A serious sickness caused by taking a harmful chemical into the body
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5.8
Taking too much of a drug or medicine that can harm the body
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase directly combines a substance ('salicylate') with 'poisoning' (a harmful condition), so its meaning — poisoning caused by salicylates — is compositionally predictable. This follows a common noun-modifier pattern (source-of-poisoning) found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Salicylate poisoning uses salicylate, a substance first taken from willow bark and used in medicines like aspirin, and poisoning, meaning 'becoming very sick from too much of a substance'. So, the phrase means 'serious illness from taking too much aspirin or similar drugs'.