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Definition of food poisoning noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

food poisoning

noun

/ˈfuːd pɔɪzənɪŋ/

/ˈfuːd pɔɪzənɪŋ/

[uncountable]

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an illness of the stomach caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteriaTopics Health problemsb2

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