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toxicity

[ tok-sis-i-tee ]

noun

, plural tox·ic·i·ties.
  1. the quality, relative degree, or specific degree of being toxic or poisonous:

    to determine the toxicity of arsenic.



toxicity

/ tɒkˈsɪsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the degree of strength of a poison
  2. the state or quality of being poisonous


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Other Words From

  • hyper·tox·ici·ty noun
  • nontox·ici·ty noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of toxicity1

First recorded in 1880–85; toxic + -ity

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Example Sentences

The broader issue is also playing out without the usual toxicity.

This is a story about the toxicity of the right-wing echo chamber.

As Reagan injected the toxicity of racial division into the American body politic, Jackson spoke about “coming up together”.

Its civility has been crushed; its fragile peace has been blown apart by the mindless toxicity of a summer of violence.

Why tolerate toxicity in a powerful sphere of modern life that has the potential to—and does—benefit so many?

The products of roasting inter-react to produce many compounds of varying degrees of complexity and toxicity.

Caffein aids the action of nitrates, acetanilid, ethyl alcohol and amyl alcohol, and increases the toxicity of barium chloride.

No data are as yet available as to the influence of altitude and partial starvation on the toxicity of barium salts.

With increase of temperature the toxicity of a given dilution increases, and vice versa.

The claim of comparative non-toxicity is probable enough from what is known about the cacodylate.

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