autointoxicate

verb

Meaning

Poison oneself with toxins produced within one's own body due to metabolic or digestive dysfunction.

Examples

The doctor warned that chronic constipation could cause the patient to autointoxicate.
Some early 20th-century medical theories incorrectly claimed that most diseases were caused by the body's tendency to autointoxicate.

Synonyms: poison, contaminate, envenom

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autointoxicate

verb

Pronunciation: ˌɔːtəʊɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt

Definition

Poison oneself with toxins produced within one's own body due to metabolic or digestive dysfunction.

Examples

The doctor warned that chronic constipation could cause the patient to autointoxicate.
Some early 20th-century medical theories incorrectly claimed that most diseases were caused by the body's tendency to autointoxicate.

Synonyms of autointoxicate

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