food poisoning

NOUN

poisoning caused by eating food

Synonyms

STRONGEST

botulism salmonella

WEAK

ptomaine poisoning

Example Sentences

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Menus are hammered out course by course, with ingredients screened to avoid poisoning—not just by would-be assassins but also regular old food poisoning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

I wasn't feeling great anyway because I think I'd got food poisoning.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Symptoms may resemble food poisoning or, in rare cases, a condition known as anisakiasis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

The program has a target of ultimately feeding 83 million people, but it has come under the spotlight after thousands of recipients contracted food poisoning.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

As he and his family traveled through Heidelberg, he slipped into a coma, the result apparently of a combined assault of diabetes, colitis, and his foot infection, all worsened by a bout of food poisoning.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson