Definition of "toxicosis" []

• A diseased condition resulting from poisoning. (noun)

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• "A more severe reaction is tick toxicosis, which is a type of poisoning."
• "Fescue toxicosis occurs when tall fescue, a common pasture and hay forage for horses throughout the United States and Canada, is infected with a fungal endophyte (a plant parasite living within another organism)."
• "Add in personal self enrichment from expense fiddles, petty corruption and barefaced lying to that toxicosis."