toxin

English

Etymology

Latin toxicum.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒksɪn

Homophone: tocsin

Noun

toxin (plural toxins)

1. A toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms.

Related terms

• toxic
• poison

Translations

a toxic or poisonous substance

• Czech: toxin m
• Esperanto: toksino
• French: toxine (fr) f
• German: Toxin n
• Greek: τοξίνη (el) f (toxíni)
• Hungarian: méreg (hu)
• Ido: toxino (io)

• Irish: tocsain f
• Italian: tossina f
• Latvian: toksīns m
• Portuguese: toxina (pt)
• Russian: токсин (ru) m (toksín)
• Spanish: toxina (es) f
• Swedish: toxin (sv) n