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Definition: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning |
Carbon Monoxide PoisoningNoun1. A toxic condition that results from inhaling and absorbing carbon monoxide gas; "carbon monoxide combines with hemoglobin and displaces oxygen in the blood". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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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": cyanosis ♦ hyperbaric chamber. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "carbon monoxide poisoning": Hopcalite. (references) |
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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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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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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| 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 intoxicação com monóxido de carbono. (various references) oxicarbonismo, intoxicación por óxido de carbono. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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 |
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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)C a r b o n   M o n o x i d e   P o i s o n i n g |
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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