poisoning

intoxicación

Enfermedad causada por la entrada de una sustancia dañina en el cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: Illness caused by a harmful substance entering your body.

• He has food poisoning.
• The child was treated for lead poisoning.
• Several people developed poisoning after eating the mushrooms.

Cómo se usa: poisoning from something (She suffered poisoning from contaminated water.)

Sinónimos: intoxication

Expresiones frecuentes: food poisoning, lead poisoning

envenenamiento

Acción de dar a una persona o ser vivo una sustancia que puede dañarlo o matarlo.

En inglés sencillo: The act of giving someone or something a substance that can harm or kill them.

• Police suspect deliberate poisoning.
• The poisoning of the king changed the country’s history.
• He was charged with the poisoning of his neighbor.

Cómo se usa: poisoning of someone/something (Police investigated the poisoning of the dogs.)

Expresiones frecuentes: deliberate poisoning, poisoning of someone