Clarify player poison damage type

Poison as a user damage type is vague and hard to understand.

We have one trait that ups the chance of venomous blades from 5%>25% and another trait that says the poison from that perk is increased 100%. The perk of venomous blades just states that "a chance to poison enemies on hit". Poison arrows have a buff that poisons wildlife and stats how much damage and how long it applies. We also have the snake eater trait that stats "poison damage bypasses armor and can only be mitigated by resistance".

No where can i find a clear explanation of what poison is or how exactly it works. In the offensive stats screen it lists every other type of damage but not poison. Other damage types are simple to understand but poison is hard to understand exactly whats going on. I know its a type of damage over time effect because i can poke and enemy with daggers and watch the DoT, yet no where does it say poison is a dot. in fact when we see the description of poison in the snake eater trait, all it says is its a type of damage that ignores armor.

TLDR: Please clarify what poison does in the game as a user damage type and add a section to the offensive stats screen that allows me to see those effects.