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):

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• Homophone: tocsin
• Rhymes: -ɒksɪn

Noun

toxin (plural toxins)

1. (strictly) A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.

   Antonyms: antitoxin, antidote, antivenom

   • 2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known.

2. (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

• actinotoxin
• aetokthonotoxin
• amatoxin
• anaphylatoxin
• anatoxin
• angiotoxin
• antitoxin
• arachnotoxin
• autotoxin
• bacteriotoxin
• batrachotoxin
• biotoxin
• Botox
• botulinum toxin
• bufotoxin
• caramboxin
• cardiotoxin
• cephalotoxin
• charybdotoxin
• chemotoxin
• chlorotoxin
• ciguateratoxin
• ciliotoxin
• coagulotoxin
• Coley's toxin
• conotoxin
• corynetoxin
• crotoxin
• cyanotoxin
• cytotoxin
• dendrotoxin
• dermatotoxin
• dermatoxin
• digitoxin
• digoxin
• ecotoxin
• embryotoxin
• endotheliotoxin
• endotoxin
• enterotoxin
• entomotoxin
• equinatoxin
• ergotoxine
• erototoxin
• excitotoxin
• exotoxin
• gastrotoxin
• genotoxin
• ginkgotoxin
• glycotoxin
• gonyautoxin
• haematotoxin
• helminthotoxin
• hematotoxin
• hemotoxin
• hepatotoxin
• heterotoxin
• holotoxin
• homeotoxin
• ichthyoacanthotoxin
• ichthyohemotoxin
• ichthyootoxin
• ichthyosarcotoxin
• ichthyotoxin
• immunotoxin
• insectotoxin
• isotoxin
• leucotoxin
• leukotoxin
• lignotoxin
• lipotoxin
• lymphocytotoxin
• lymphotoxin
• maitotoxin
• mangotoxin
• mechanotoxin
• mitotoxin
• multitoxin
• mycotoxin
• myotoxin
• necrotoxin
• nephrotoxin
• nereistoxin
• neurotoxin
• ophiotoxin
• ototoxin
• ovotoxin
• pathotoxin
• peptotoxin
• phototoxin
• phycotoxin
• phytotoxin
• picrotoxin
• pneumotoxin
• prototoxin
• protoxin
• pyrotoxin
• radiotoxin
• rhizotoxin
• rhodotoxin
• ribotoxin
• sarcotoxin
• scyllatoxin
• Shiga toxin
• spermatotoxin
• spindle toxin
• teretoxin
• thyrotoxin
• time delay toxin activation
• toxinemia
• toxinic
• toxinlike
• toxinogenic
• toxinology
• toxinome
• toxinomic
• toxinomics
• toxinosis
• toxinotype
• toxisome
• toxoid
• tyrotoxin
• urechitoxin
• urotoxin
• virotoxin
• vomitoxin
• xanthotoxin
• xenotoxin
• zootoxin

Related terms

• toxic

Translations

a toxic or poisonous substance

• Catalan: toxina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 毒素 (duk⁶ sou³)

  Hokkien: 毒素 (to̍k-sò͘)

  Mandarin: 毒素 (zh) (dúsù)

• Czech: toxin (cs) 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)

Danish

Noun

toxin

1. alternative form of toksin