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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtɒksɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtɑksɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(tok′sik)

tox•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-.

tox•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.

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

tox ′i•cal•ly, adv.

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toxic /ˈtɒksɪk/, toxical /ˈtɒksɪkəl/ adj

of, relating to, or caused by a toxin or poison; poisonous
harmful or damaging

Etymology: 17th Century: from medical Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum poison, from Greek toxikon (pharmakon) (poison) used on arrows, from toxon arrowˈtoxically adv

tox-,

var. of toxo- before a vowel:toxemia.

tox.,

toxicology.

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tox-, toxic-, (before a consonant) toxo-, toxico- combining form

indicating poison: toxalbumin

Etymology: from Latin toxicum

'toxic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

actinomycin - antimony - arsenic - autointoxication - benzene - beryllium - biological warfare - cadmium - chlordane - chlorine - colony-stimulating factor - DDT - detoxicate - dioxin - eclampsia - encephalopathy - fluorine - fume - gas - glove box - gossypol - intoxicate - lacquer - lead - lead acetate - mercury - mycotoxin - neodymium - nicotine - nicotinism - nitrobenzene - organotin - parathion - phosphorus - picric acid - plutonium - pre-eclampsia - protactinium - sewage - systemic - thallium - tox- - toxicant - toxic effect - toxic shock syndrome - vanadium - acetyl chloride - acrylamide - Agent Orange - aldrin

Synonyms: noxious, virulent, lethal, deadly, poisonous, more...

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