toxin

See also: Toxin

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒksɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑksɪn/

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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

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

• antitoxin
• corynetoxin
• cytotoxin
• dermatotoxin
• hemotoxin
• hepatotoxin
• leucotoxin
• leukotoxin
• mycotoxin
• myotoxin
• neurotoxin
• phototoxin
• toxinic

 

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)
• 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) (viṣaṃ)
• 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