toxicosis

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Undeterminedder.?

Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós)

Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der.

Latin toxicum

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Italic *-kos

Latin -cus

Latin toxicusbor.

French toxiquebor.

English toxic

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor.

New Latin -ōsislbor.

English -osis

English toxicosis

From toxic + -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɒksɪˈkəʊsɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

toxicosis (countable and uncountable, plural toxicoses)

1. (toxicology) illness due to poisoning

Derived terms

• aspergillotoxicosis
• autotoxicosis
• biotoxicosis
• brevetoxicosis
• cardiotoxicosis
• endotoxicosis
• enterotoxicosis
• mycotoxicosis
• thallotoxicosis
• thyrotoxicosis

Related terms

• toxic
• toxicity
• toxicotic

Translations

illness due to poisoning

• French: toxicose (fr) f
• Polish: zatrucie (pl) n, intoksykacja (pl) f