- pesticide poisoning
- nountoxic condition resulting from ingesting or inhaling a pesticide• Hypernyms: ↑poisoning, ↑toxic condition, ↑intoxication• Hyponyms: ↑malathion poisoning, ↑parathion poisoning
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pesticide poisoning
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