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'''Poisonous substances''' [[disrupt]] the physical or mental processes of [[The Living:living creatures. Poisonous substances are not [[nutriments]]. Nutriments are essential to sustaining the physical and mental processes of the body, whereas poisonous substances that are introduced into the body undermine or derange, temporarily or permanently, these processes. Poisonous substances may be [[poisonous]] by [[nature]], by [[design]], and/or by [[dose]]. [[Venom|Venoms]] and [[poisonous plants]] are naturally poisonous. [[Alchemical poison]] and [[Plant-Based Poison|flora-based poison]] are desinged to be poisonous. Any [[medication]] and indeed any substance, in sufficient quantity, becomes poisonous. An overdose of drugs is [[poisonous]]. Many [[drugs]] include undesirable [[side effects]] which make them at the same time poisonous substances. This in fact true, at least at some level, of all drugs and distinguishes them from nutriments.[[Antidotes|Antidotes]] are substances that counter poisonous substances by restoring to proper order processes disrupted by poisonous substances. | '''Poisonous substances''' [[disrupt]] the physical or mental processes of [[The Living:living creatures. Poisonous substances are not [[nutriments]]. Nutriments are essential to sustaining the physical and mental processes of the body, whereas poisonous substances that are introduced into the body undermine or derange, temporarily or permanently, these processes. Poisonous substances may be [[poisonous]] by [[nature]], by [[design]], and/or by [[dose]]. [[Venom|Venoms]] and [[poisonous plants]] are naturally poisonous. [[Alchemical poison]] and [[Plant-Based Poison|flora-based poison]] are desinged to be poisonous. Any [[medication]] and indeed any substance, in sufficient quantity, becomes poisonous. An overdose of drugs is [[poisonous]]. Many [[drugs]] include undesirable [[side effects]] which make them at the same time poisonous substances. This in fact true, at least at some level, of all drugs and distinguishes them from nutriments.[[Antidotes|Antidotes]] are substances that counter poisonous substances by restoring to proper order processes disrupted by poisonous substances. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:50, 22 March 2013
Poisonous substances disrupt the physical or mental processes of [[The Living:living creatures. Poisonous substances are not nutriments. Nutriments are essential to sustaining the physical and mental processes of the body, whereas poisonous substances that are introduced into the body undermine or derange, temporarily or permanently, these processes. Poisonous substances may be poisonous by nature, by design, and/or by dose. Venoms and poisonous plants are naturally poisonous. Alchemical poison and flora-based poison are desinged to be poisonous. Any medication and indeed any substance, in sufficient quantity, becomes poisonous. An overdose of drugs is poisonous. Many drugs include undesirable side effects which make them at the same time poisonous substances. This in fact true, at least at some level, of all drugs and distinguishes them from nutriments.Antidotes are substances that counter poisonous substances by restoring to proper order processes disrupted by poisonous substances.
Subcategories
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
