The process of becoming poisoned by toxins produced in or absorbed from the intestines.
From 'entero-' (intestine) + 'toxication' (act of poisoning, from Latin 'toxicum'). This term describes the mechanism by which intestinal bacterial toxins cause systemic illness.
Ancient physicians noticed patients could mysteriously sicken from their own gut, but only modern microbiology revealed the secret: certain bacteria manufacture powerful poisons right there in the intestines as part of their metabolism.
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