toxin

See also: 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

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 毒素 (duk⁶ sou³)

  Mandarin: 毒素 (zh) (dúsù)

  Min Nan: 毒素 (to̍k-sò͘)

• 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 (it) f
• Japanese: 毒素 (どくそ, dokuso)

• Korean: 독소 (ko) (dokso) (毒素 (ko))
• Kurdish: toksîn f
• Latvian: toksīns m
• Malay: toksin
• Navajo: kʼaasdá
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: giftstoff n, toksin n

  Nynorsk: giftstoff n, toksin n

• Portuguese: toxina (pt)
• Romanian: toxină (ro)
• Russian: токси́н (ru) m (toksín)
• Spanish: toxina (es) f
• Swedish: toxin (sv) n