toxic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
toxic /ˈtɒksɪk/
▶adjective poisonous.
■ relating to or caused by poison.
▶noun (toxics) poisonous substances.– derivatives
toxically adverb,
toxicity noun.
toxically adverb,
toxicity noun.
– origin C17: from med. L. toxicus ‘poisoned’, from L. toxicum ‘poison’.
'toxic' also found in these Oxford entries:
acetonitrile
- acetylene
- acrylamide
- acrylonitrile
- aflatoxin
- aniline
- autotoxin
- bromine
- cacodyl
- cacodylic acid
- carbon disulphide
- carbon monoxide
- carbon tetrachloride
- celandine
- chlordane
- chlorine
- ciguatera
- cyanide
- cytotoxic
- denature
- desert rose
- detoxify
- dioxane
- dioxin
- herbicide
- intoxicate
- LD
- methanol
- mycotoxin
- nicotine
- nitric oxide
- non-toxic
- nux vomica
- ozone
- paraquat
- parathion
- Paris green
- perchloric acid
- perchloroethylene
- phenol
- polychlorinated biphenyl
- ragwort
- red tide
- ricin
- rotenone
- santonin
- saponin
- Spanish fly
- sulphur dioxide
- tartar emetic
