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tox·ic

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–adjective

1.	of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.

2.	acting as or having the effect of a poison; poisonous: a toxic drug.

–noun

3.	a toxic chemical or other substance.

[Origin: 1655–65; < LL toxicus poisonous, adj. deriv. of L toxicum poison < Gk toxikón (orig. short for toxikòn phármakon lit., bow poison, i.e., poison used on arrows), equiv. to tóx(on) bow + -ikon, neut. of -ikos -ic

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—Related forms

tox·i·cal·ly, adverb

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tox·ic Audio Help (tŏk'sĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of, relating to, or caused by a toxin or other poison: a toxic condition; toxic hepatitis.
Capable of causing injury or death, especially by chemical means; poisonous: food preservatives that are toxic in concentrated amounts; a dump for toxic industrial wastes. See Synonyms at poisonous.

n. A toxic chemical or other substance.

[Late Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum, poison, from Greek toxikon, poison for arrows, poison, from neuter of toxikos, of a bow, from toxon, bow, from Old Persian *taxša-, an arrow.]

tox'i·cal·ly adv.

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1664, from Fr. toxique, from L.L. toxicus "poisoned," from L. toxicum "poison," from Gk. toxikon (pharmakon) "(poison) for use on arrows," from toxikon, neut. of toxikos "pertaining to arrows or archery," and thus to a bow, from toxon "bow," probably from a Scythain word that also was borrowed into L. as taxus "yew."

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toxic
adjective
of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances" [ant: atoxic]

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toxic [ˈtoksik] adjective

poisonous
Example: toxic substances

Arabic:	سامٌّ
Chinese (Simplified):	有毒的
Chinese (Traditional):	有毒的
Czech:	jedovatý
Danish:	giftig
Dutch:	giftig
Estonian:	mürgine
Finnish:	myrkyllinen
French:	toxique
German:	toxisch
Greek:	τοξικός
Hungarian:	mérgező
Icelandic:	eitraður
Indonesian:	beracun
Italian:	tossico

Japanese:	有毒な
Korean:	독성의
Latvian:	toksisks; indīgs
Lithuanian:	nuodingas, toksinis, toksiškas
Norwegian:	giftig
Polish:	toksyczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	tóxico
Portuguese (Portugal):	tóxico
Romanian:	toxic
Russian:	ядовитый
Slovak:	jedovatý
Slovenian:	strupen
Spanish:	tóxico
Swedish:	toxisk, giftig
Turkish:	zehirli

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toxic Audio Help (tŏk'sĭk) Pronunciation Key

Relating to or caused by a toxin.
Capable of causing injury or death, especially by chemical means; poisonous.

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Toxic

In*tox"i*cate\, a. [LL. intoxicatus, p. p. of intoxicare to drug or poison; pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. ?, fr. ? pertaining to a bow. See Toxic.]

1. Intoxicated.

2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief.

Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; I am well enough. --Chapman.

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