Meaning | Of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison. |
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Example | "suffering from exposure to toxic substances" |
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Narrower | cyanogenetic, cyanogenic | capable of producing cyanide |
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deadly, venomous, virulent | Extremely poisonous or injurious |
hepatotoxic | toxic to the liver |
nephrotoxic | toxic to the kidney |
ototoxic | toxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve |
poisonous, toxicant | Having the qualities or effects of a poison |
See also | harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm |
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noxious | injurious to physical or mental health |
unhealthful | detrimental to good health |
Opposite | nontoxic, atoxic | not producing or resulting from poison |
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Spanish | tóxica, tóxico |
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Catalan | tòxic, verinós |
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Nouns | toxicity | the degree to which something is poisonous |
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toxin | a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species |