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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tox•ic•i•ty (tok sis′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - the quality, relative degree, or specific degree of being toxic or poisonous:to determine the toxicity of arsenic.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: toxicity /tɒkˈsɪsɪtɪ/ n - the degree of strength of a poison
- the state or quality of being poisonous
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tox•ic /ˈtɑksɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - Drugsof or relating to a toxin or poison:a toxic condition.
- Drugshaving the effect of a poison; poisonous:a toxic drug.
tox•ic•i•ty /tɑkˈsɪsɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -tox-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tox•ic (tok′sik),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison:a toxic condition.
- acting as or having the effect of a poison;
poisonous:a toxic drug. n. - a toxic chemical or other substance.
- Greek toxikón (origin, originally short for toxikòn phármakon literally, bow poison, i.e., poison used on arrows), equivalent. to tóx(on) bow + -ikon, neuter of -ikos -ic
- Late Latin toxicus poisonous, adjective, adjectival derivative of Latin toxicum poison
- 1655–65
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