See Also: Toxic(health)
Toxic(medicine)
non-toxic(dictionary)
toxic(dictionary)
toxic(dictionary)
toxic psychosis(medicine)
toxic neuritis(medicine)
toxic nephrosis(medicine)
toxic megacolon(medicine)
Toxic Convertible(money)

toxic (iou)



toxic adjective & noun. M17.
[medieval Latin toxicus poisoned, from classical Latin toxicum poison from Greek toxikon pharmakon poison for smearing arrows (toxikos orig. meaning 'of or pertaining to the bow', from toxon bow).]
A. adjective.
Of the nature of a poison; poisonous. M17.
Caused or produced by a poison; due to poisoning. L19.
toxic shock syndrome Medicine a state of acute shock in women due to septicaemia, freq. caused by bacterial infection resulting from a retained tampon, IUD, etc.
b. noun. = TOXIN. Now rare. L19.
toxical adjective (now rare or obsolete) of toxic nature or character E17.