See Also: Intoxication(medicine)
intoxication(dictionary)
Intoxication(health)
Involuntary Intoxication(law)
water intoxication(medicine)
septic intoxication(medicine)
intestinal intoxication(medicine)
citrate intoxication(medicine)
anaphylactic intoxication(medicine)
alcoholic intoxication(medicine)

intoxication (iou)



intoxication noun. LME.
[French, or medieval Latin intoxicatio(n-), formed as INTOXICATE verb: see -ATION. See also TOXICATION.]
The action of poisoning; (an instance of) the state of being poisoned. obsolete exc. Medicine (now rare). LME.
P. Manson A class of intoxication diseases which depend on toxins generated by germs.
b. fig. The corruption of the moral or mental faculties; a cause or occasion of this. L15-E18.
The action of inebriating or making someone stupid, insensible, or disordered in intellect, with a drug or alcoholic liquor; the condition of being so stupefied or disordered. M17.
b. fig. The action or power of exhilarating or highly exciting the mind; elation or excitement beyond the bounds of sobriety. E18.
Aldous Huxley The intoxication of success had evaporated.