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Decomposition vs Autointoxication - What's the difference?

decomposition | autointoxication |

As nouns the difference between decomposition and autointoxication

is that decomposition is a biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost while autointoxication is poisoning due to the faulty absorption of the waste products of metabolism or of the products of decomposition within the intestines.

decomposition

English

(wikipedia decomposition)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost
  • The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis
  • The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom or a compound) into constituent parts

    • Related terms

    * decompose

    autointoxication

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine) Poisoning due to the faulty absorption of the waste products of metabolism or of the products of decomposition within the intestines.

    • Alternative forms

    * auto-intoxication