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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from French toxique and directly from Late Latin toxicus "poisoned," from Latin toxicum "poison," from Greek toxikon (pharmakon) "(poison) for use on arrows," from toxikon , neuter of toxikos "pertaining to arrows or archery," and thus to a bow, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context toxicology English) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Toxic \Tox"ic\, Toxical \Tox"ic*al\, a. [L. toxicum poison, originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. toxiko`n (sc. ?) poison for smearing arrows with, fr. toxiko`s of or for the bow, from to`xon bow, arrow. Cf. Intoxicate .] Of or pertaining ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Toxic is a 2010 thriller film . It was released direct-to-video on July 8, 2010.
Usage examples of toxic.
The fumes given off by acetone, benzine, xylene, and formaldehyde are toxic and may cause sickness.
Marghe wondered how she had been able to tell about the cumulative toxic effect of the adjuvants just from that test, but had not doubted that she could, and was glad to find someone who thought she could help her body get rid of them.
Cotton seed is dipped in a fungicide and planted in a Mississippi field sprayed with aldicarb, one of the most toxic chemicals applied in the United States.
The toxic result resided in the vaults of the caravanserai, a troubling burden he tried his very best to forget.
The four kids had managed to cart all the robotware and comp junk into the service elevator and were presumably down on the street now trying to convince some free-lance trasher there was nothing toxic or hazardous hidden away in any of the shells.
Sometimes, actually, I do feel like having fun, pretending to be charming, putting on my suit with the toxic tennis shoes, regaling local environmentalists with war stories, describing the variety of crap they have in their tap water.
I did was affect a chemical substitute for glycogen, combined with a method of creating a static condition in the tissue which is unsympathetic to the formation of toxic lactic, the accumulation of which is fatigue.
The preventing is done by introducing into your muscular tissue a substitute for glycogen, a carbohydrate which affects the restoration of activity to fatigued muscles, and also producing a static status of tissue which is unsympathetic to the formation of any fatigue toxic.
A few months after the government put the regulation against liquid toxic waste in landfill into effect, they suspended it.
The foolishness was most strong in Sessurea, for as he whipped himself into position to challenge Maulkin, his orange mane was already erect and toxic.
Yet over the past few days they had performed antibody testing, osteological analysis, tests for toxic residues and teratogens, as well as numerous other procedures.
And remember that although pyrethrum is just powdered flowers, it can be toxic and should be washed off the pet once the operation is finished.
Chemical formulations of pyrethrum are more toxic than the natural ones, but they are still less toxic than lindane.
Hawkins had spent his whole life in the Park Service, helping to replant the Amazon, revegetate the Himalayas, cleanse the Great Barrier Reef, excoriate toxic waste from the Siberian steppe, and repopulate the vast herds of Africa.
Park Service, helping to replant the Amazon, revegetate the Himalayas, cleanse the Great Barrier Reef, excoriate toxic waste from the Siberian steppe, and repopulate the vast herds of Africa.