[Obs.]; painfulness &c (cause of pain) 830; scourge &c (punishment)
975; damnosa hereditas [Lat.]; white elephant.
sting, fang, thorn, tang, bramble, brier, nettle.
poison, toxin; teratogen; leaven, virus venom; arsenic; antimony,
tartar emetic; strychnine, nicotine; miasma, miasm†, mephitis†, malaria,
azote†, sewer gas; pest.
[poisonous substances, examples] Albany hemp†, arsenious oxide,
arsenious acid; bichloride of mercury; carbonic acid, carbonic gas;
choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp; hydrocyanic acid, cyanide,
Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide; marsh gas, nux vomica [Lat.], ratsbane†.
[poisonous plants] hemlock, hellebore, nightshade, belladonna,
henbane, aconite; banewort†, bhang, ganja†, hashish; Upas tree.
[list of poisonous substances] Toxline (online).
rust, worm, helminth [Med.], moth, moth and rust, fungus, mildew;
dry rot; canker, cankerworm; cancer; torpedo; viper &c (evil doer) 913;
demon &c 980.
[Science of poisons] toxicology.
Adj. baneful &c (bad) 649; poisonous &c (unwholesome) 657.
phr.. bibere venenum in auro [Lat.].