autotoxicadj.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈtɒksɪk/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˈtɑksɪk/, /ˌɔdəˈtɑksɪk/, /ˌɑdoʊˈtɑksɪk/, /ˌɑdəˈtɑksɪk/ Toxic to oneself or (in later use) to members of the same species; of or relating to toxicity of this nature. Also: of the nature of or relating to an autotoxin.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > poisonous to the organism which forms it
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autopoisonous1902
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [adjective] > caused by or involving poison > from within body
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1883 Eastern Med. Jrnl. Sept. 133 The patient himself becomes auto-toxic—he poisons himself. Pus and blood in the bladder decompose, and create irritating ferments, which through acridity provoke a constant call to urinate.
1895 Alienist & Neurologist 16 298 As a result waste products accumulate and act as autotoxic agents, inducing nutritive, functional, and structural changes in the cells themselves.
1907 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Dec. 371/3 Thus regarded, senility is an autotoxic phenomenon.
1938 H. Belloc Great Heresies 235 We say that an organism has become ‘auto-toxic’ when it is beginning to poison itself.
1950 Jrnl. Torrey Bot. Club 77 187 Occasionally, there is an autotoxic action, in which other individuals of the same species are retarded or inhibited.
1993 A. Rich What is found There xii. 88 Earth has become its own Planet Krypton—auto-toxic.
2004 Oecologia 139 146/2 The non-significant trend of low survival of T[ypha] latifolia transplants in T. latifolia vegetation may indicative of allelopathic, autotoxic feedback effects for this species.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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