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- [tok-sin]
- /ˈtɒk sɪn/
- /ˈtɒk.sɪn/
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- [tok-sin]
- /ˈtɒk sɪn/
Definitions of toxin word
- noun toxin any poison produced by an organism, characterized by antigenicity in certain animals and high molecular weight, and including the bacterial toxins that are the causative agents of tetanus, diphtheria, etc., and such plant and animal toxins as ricin and snake venom. 1
- noun toxin poisonous substance 1
- variable noun toxin A toxin is any poisonous substance produced by bacteria, animals, or plants. 0
- noun toxin any of various poisonous substances produced by microorganisms that stimulate the production of neutralizing substances (antitoxins) in the body 0
- noun toxin any other poisonous substance of plant or animal origin 0
- noun toxin any of various poisonous compounds produced by some microorganisms and causing certain diseases 0
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Origin of toxin
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; tox(ic) + -in2
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Parts of speech for Toxin
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toxin popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
toxin usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for toxin
noun toxin
- carcinogen — A carcinogen is a substance which can cause cancer.
- chloroform — Chloroform is a colourless liquid with a strong sweet smell, which makes you unconscious if you breathe its vapour.
- contaminant — A contaminant is something that contaminates a substance such as water or food.
- contaminator — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- mutagen — a substance or preparation capable of inducing mutation.
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