toxin

See also: Toxin

English

Etymology

From Latin toxicum, equivalent to toxi- +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒksɪn/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑksɪn/
Audio (US) (file)
Homophone: tocsin
Rhymes: -ɒksɪn

Noun

toxin (plural toxins)

(strictly) A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.
Antonyms: antitoxin, antidote, antivenom
(loosely, usually proscribed) Synonym of toxicant: a toxic substance in a body requiring removal.

Usage notes

See toxicant.

Hypernyms

poison, toxicant

Hyponyms

venom (offensive animal toxins)

Derived terms

Related terms

toxic

Translations

a toxic or poisonous substance

Catalan: toxina (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 毒素 (duk⁶ sou³)

Mandarin: 毒素 (zh) (dúsù)

Min Nan: 毒素 (to̍k-sò͘)
Czech: toxin m
Danish: giftstof n, toksin (da) n
Esperanto: toksino
Finnish: toksiini (fi), myrkky (fi)
French: toxine (fr) f
German: Toxin n, Giftstoff (de) m
Greek: τοξίνη (el) f (toxíni)
Hungarian: méreg (hu)
Ido: toxino (io)
Indonesian: toksin (id)
Irish: tocsain f
Italian: tossina (it) f
Japanese: 毒素 (ja) (どくそ, dokuso)
Kazakh: уыт (uyt)
Korean: 독소(毒素) (ko) (dokso)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: toksîn (ku) f
Latvian: toksīns m
Malay: toksin
Malayalam: വിഷം (ml) (viṣaṁ)
Maori: tāoke
Navajo: kʼaasdá
Norwegian:
Bokmål: giftstoff n, toksin n

Nynorsk: giftstoff n, toksin n
Occitan: toxina (oc) f
Persian: زهرابه‎ (fa) (zahrâbe)
Polish: toksyna (pl) f
Portuguese: toxina (pt) f
Romanian: toxină (ro)
Russian: токси́н (ru) m (toksín)
Spanish: toxina (es) f
Swedish: toxin (sv) n
Vietnamese: toxin (vi), độc tố (vi)

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