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poisoning (Poisoning)

A Poisoning is caused by an external substance. Since Poisoning is not possible without some biologic function which affects the Organism being injured, it is a subclass of BiologicalProcess.

Ontology

SUMO / PROCESSES

Superclass(es)

[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  process  
is subclass of
  internal change  
is subclass of
  biological process  
is subclass of
  pathologic process  
is subclass of
[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  process  
is subclass of
  internal change  
is subclass of
  damaging  
is subclass of
is subclass of
  injuring  
is subclass of
  poisoning  

Related WordNet synsets

poisoning
the physiological state produced by a poison or a toxic substance
poisoning is kind of (all)...   poisoning is kind of...   kinds of poisoning...   kinds of poisoning (all)...  
poison
administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband"
poison is kind of (all)...   poison is kind of...   kinds of poison...   kinds of poison (all)...  
poison, envenom
add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"
poison is kind of (all)...   poison is kind of...  
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Axioms (2)

If poison is an instance of poisoning, then there exists thing so that thing is a patient of poison and thing is an instance of organism or thing is an instance of anatomical structure. 
(=>
      (instance ?POISON Poisoning)
      (exists
            (?THING)
            (and
                  (patient ?POISON ?THING)
                  (or
                        (instance ?THING Organism)
                        (instance ?THING AnatomicalStructure)))))
If poison is an instance of poisoning, then there exists biologically active substance substance so that substance is an instrument for poison. 
(=>
      (instance ?POISON Poisoning)
      (exists
            (?SUBSTANCE)
            (and
                  (instance ?SUBSTANCE BiologicallyActiveSubstance)
                  (instrument ?POISON ?SUBSTANCE))))