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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Definition: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Noun

1. A toxic condition that results from inhaling and absorbing carbon monoxide gas; "carbon monoxide combines with hemoglobin and displaces oxygen in the blood".

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Specialty Definitions: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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Health

Toxic asphyxiation due to the displacement of oxygen from oxyhemoglobin by carbon monoxide. (references)

Medicine

CO, inhaled, unites with the oxygen carriers of the blood(red corpuscles)more than 250 times as readily as does oxygen. Death occurs when the saturation reaches 80% by oxygen starvation. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

In diving, this type of accident usually occurs as a result of contamination of the diver's air supply by exhaust gases from aninternal-combustion engine. (references)

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Crosswords: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

English words defined with "carbon monoxide poisoning": cyanosishyperbaric chamber. (references)
Specialty definitions using "carbon monoxide poisoning": Hopcalite. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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Books

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Non-Fiction Usage: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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Health

Birth injury (particularly due to lack of oxygen), certain infections, reactions to certain drugs, heavy-metal or carbon monoxide poisoning, trauma, or stroke can cause dystonic symptoms. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

carbon monoxide poisoning

224

carbon monoxide poisoning symptom

25

suicide carbon monoxide poisoning

6

carbon monoxide poisoning treatment

5

by carbon monoxide poisoning suicide

4

carbon monoxide poisoning sign

3

carbon monoxide poisoning effects

2

boat carbon monoxide poisoning

2
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Modern Translations: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Language Translations for "carbon monoxide poisoning"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

CO-forgiftning, kulmonoxidforgiftning, kulilteforgiftning. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

koolmonoxydevergiftiging. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

härkämyrkytys. (various references)

   

French

  

oxycarbonisme, intoxication par l'oxyde de carbone, intoxication oxycarbonée, asphyxie par l'oxyde de carbone, asphyxie oxycarbonée. (various references)

   

German

  

CO-Vergiftung, Kohlenoxidvergiftung, Kohlenmonoxidvergiftung. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δηλητηρίασις από οξείδιο του άνθρακος. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ossicarbonismo, intossicazione da ossido di carbonio, intossicazione da CO, avvelenamento da ossido di carbonio. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

一酸化炭 中' . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いっさ"かた"そちゅうどく. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arboncay onoxidemay oisoningpay

   

Portuguese

  

intoxicação com monóxido de carbono. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

oxicarbonismo, intoxicación por óxido de carbono. (various references)

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Alternative Orthography: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 61 72 62 6F 6E      4D 6F 6E 6F 78 69 64 65      50 6F 69 73 6F 6E 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01110010 01100010 01101111 01101110 00100000 01001101 01101111 01101110 01101111 01111000 01101001 01100100 01100101 00100000 01010000 01101111 01101001 01110011 01101111 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#114 &#98 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#77 &#111 &#110 &#111 &#120 &#105 &#100 &#101 &#32 &#80 &#111 &#105 &#115 &#111 &#110 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 0072 0062 006F 006E      004D 006F 006E 006F 0078 0069 0064 0065      0050 006F 0069 0073 006F 006E 0069 006E 0067

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

376784688180247818081907570712508175858180758073

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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