Toxic

Definition: Toxic

Toxic

Adjective

1. Of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "toxic" was first used: 1664. (references)

Chemistry

Health

Medicine

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Insalubrity

Adjective: insalubrious; unhealthy, unwholesome; noxious, noisome; morbific, morbiferous; mephitic, septic, azotic, deleterious; pestilent, pestiferous, pestilential; virulent, venomous, envenomed; poisonous, toxic, toxiferous, teratogenic; narcotic.

Crosswords: Toxic

Romanian (toxic).

One man's toxic waste is another man's potpourri (How the Grinch Stole Christmas; writing credit: Jeffrey Price)

Yeah, and I think it's ironic that dad's butt actually prevented the release of toxic gas. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Well look at you. Toxic as a crow, sneezing like a maniac, cigarette ash all down your front, nervous, out of breath, you've got married man written across your forehead in big neon letters (Man in the Moon; writing credit: Basil Dearden; John Foley)

Made from the filthiest waters from our own River Styx. Styx Beer is a third more toxic than any other regular beer (Highway to Hell; writing credit: Brian Helgeland)

Apparently the difference between a stink bomb and a Level 3 toxic biohazard is two extra drops of sulfur tetraoxide (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

The Toxic Crusaders (1991)

Toxic Effect (1990)

Look Who's Toxic (1990)

The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)

Perspectives in Science: Toxic Waste (1988)

Third World America (performing artist: Toxic Reasons)

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References

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Toxic Shock Syndrome (reference)

• Toxic Waste Management in Japan: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

• Treatment of Industry Generated Toxic and Hazardous Waste in Philippines: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Law of Environmental and Toxic Torts: Cases, Materials and Problems, 2d (reference)

• Toxic Sludge Is Good for You!: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry (reference)

• The Orgone Accumulator Handbook: Construction Plans Experimental Use and Protection Against Toxic Energy (reference)

• Deadly Employment: How to Survive Toxic Chemical Exposure & Poisoning in the High-tech Computer Manufacturing Industry(c) (reference)

• The Toxic Action of Marine and Terrestrial Alkaloids (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Santa Bar Co Air Pollution Control Updates St Air Toxic Ctrl Measures Fedral Max Archiveable Tec Stand (reference)

• Toxic And Hazardous Industrial Chemicals Safety Manual (reference)

• Mealeys Emerging Toxic Torts (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Toxic Avenger Part III - The Last Temptation Of Toxie (Unrated) (reference)

• The Toxic Avenger (Unrated Director's Cut Collector's Edition) (reference)

• The Toxic Avenger, Part 2 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Toxic Shock 7s [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

• Toxic Sloths [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Toxic Crusaders (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a procedure to treat cancer. Patients are injected with a photosensitizer which is a light sensitive drug selectively retained by cancer cells. When exposed to laser light, the photosensitizer in the cancer cells produces a toxic reaction which destroys the tumor. This photo shows an argon-ion laser, the first component of the argon pumped-dye laser (630nm red). This argon-ion laser emits blue-green light at 488/514 nm, and is used to excite a dye in the second component, the dye laser head, where the wavelength is changed to 630nm red. Different photosensitizers absorb light at different wavelengths. Some absorb light most efficiently in the blue light region of the spectrum around 400 nanometers(nm) with lesser absorption in the green and red light range. However, red light at 630 nm penetrates deeper into the tumor tissue (3-8 mm) than green or blue light. For this reason, the majority of PDT work has used 630 nm light. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

The photo shows the procedure of photodynamic therapy. In this therapy, patients are injected with a light-activated drug called a photosensitizer which makes cells in their body sensitive to light. The drug is selectively retained by cancer cells as compared with normal tissue. Doctors then use fiber-optic probes to expose the cancer to laser light. This activates the photosensitizer and produces a toxic reaction that destroys the tumor without irreparably damaging the surrounding normal cells There is a close-up of just the hands. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: John Crawford (photographer).

Using recombinant DNA technology, a transgenic mouse has been engineered whose bone marrow is protected from the toxic effects of chemotherapy by expression of the MDR 1 gene. This animal system allows rapid screening of drugs which inhibit the multidrug transporter and heralds a new era of using transgenic animals for pharmacologic screening. Multidrug resistance resulting from expression of an energy-dependent drug efflux pump encoded by the human MDR gene is a major impediment to effective cancer therapy. Credit: Jeannie Kelly (artist).

Dr. Satcher was formerly Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Credit: CDC.

Dr. Gerberding is the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Credit: CDC.

Associated with outbreak of toxic shock syndrome. Credit: CDC.

Toxic waste dump, superfund site. Credit: CDC.

Brazilian Pepper bushes are an ornamental from Brazil that looks like Holly. They produce red berries that birds eat. The birds carry their seeds spreading the plant throughout mangrove habitat where the Pepper bush outcompetes the mangroves. The red berries are beautiful but toxic; direct contact with them causes a poison ivy-like rash. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A small acanthaster - this type of starfish eats coral polyps. This starfish is known as the Crown of Thorns Starfish for its long spines Reportedly toxic if stepped on. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Toxic Shock Syndrome is so rare you might forget it can happen... Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Within a period of three months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, the German Government will disclose to the Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers the nature and mode of manufacture of all explosives, toxic substances or other like chemical preparations used by them in the war or prepared by them for the purpose of being so used. (reference)

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Health

Methamphetamine has toxic effects. (references)

Toxic causes, such as snake bites. (references)

Inhalants also are highly toxic to other organs. (references)

Business

Local products are inconsistent in quality and are highly toxic. (references)

They currently produce very toxic chemicals that cause serious pollution. (references)

Most locally produced pesticides are inefficient, highly toxic, and are of poor quality. (references)

Economic History

China

China is taking measures to regulate the pesticide market to prevent toxic runoff and poisoning of consumers. (references)

Azerbaijan

Soil throughout the region was contaminated by DDT and toxic defoliants used in cotton production during the Soviet era. (references)

China

Therefore, imports of high efficiency, low toxicity, and low residual pesticides have strong market prospects, mainly as a supplement to highly toxic Chinese pesticides. (references)

Human Rights

Iran

The leader among the agents was reportedly a former Deputy Minister of Intelligence, Saeed Emami, who, the Government stated, had committed suicide in prison by drinking a toxic hair removal solution several days prior to the release of the Government's report. (references)

Political Economy

HONDURAS

Import restrictions are also imposed on firearms and ammunitions, toxic chemicals, pornographic material, and narcotics. (references)

COSTA RICA

All food products, medicines, toxic substances, chemicals, insecticides, pesticides, and agricultural inputs must be registered and certified by the Ministry of Health prior to sale. (references)

Trade

Peru

Importation of some insecticides, fireworks, and toxic waste is also restricted. (references)

Sri Lanka

There are additional restrictions on the import of toxic and hazardous chemicals and pesticides. (references)

Lebanon

Products prohibited entry into Lebanon include vehicles older than 5 years, various chemical products, and toxic waste. (references)

Women

Mexico

Employers are required to provide a pregnant woman with full pay, are prohibited from dismissing her, and must remove her from heavy or dangerous work or exposure to toxic substances. (references)

Worker Rights

United Arab Emirates

In Sharjah three workers died from toxic gas inhalation while they were cleaning a sewer. (references)

Yemen

Many workers regularly are exposed to toxic industrial products and develop respiratory illnesses. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "toxic": active toxic ingredient ♦ ammunition and toxic material open space ♦ anti toxic ♦ general toxic effect ♦ pure toxic ingredient ♦ pure toxic substance ♦ toxic agent ♦ toxic chemical ♦ toxic cloud ♦ toxic condition ♦ toxic contact dermatitis ♦ toxic dumpsite ♦ toxic dust ♦ toxic eczema ♦ toxic effect ♦ toxic gas ♦ toxic gas detector ♦ toxic hepatitis ♦ toxic industrial waste ♦ toxic ingredient ♦ toxic limits ♦ toxic nystagmus ♦ toxic shock ♦ toxic shock syndrome ♦ toxic substance ♦ toxic tremor ♦ toxic waste ♦ toxic waste dump ♦ toxic waste site ♦ very toxic. Additional references.

Beginning with "toxic": toxic-shock.

Ending with "toxic": anti-toxic, non-toxic.

Containing "toxic": non-toxic agent.

Albanian

toksik (toxicant), helmues (envenomed, nocuous, noxious, poison, poisonous, toxicant), helm (bane, caustic, causticity, gall, poison, venom). (various references)

Arabic 

‏سمي, ‏سام (baneful, empyrean, pestilent, poisonous, sublime, venomous, virulent). (various references)

Bulgarian 

токсичен, отровен (gassed, nocuous, poison, poisonous, venomous, viperous). (various references)

Chinese 

毒性 (Noxiousness, Toxical). (various references)

Czech

toxický, jedovatý (abrasive, biting, cankered, cankerous, cutting, poisonous, rank, venomous, virulent, vitriolic), jedový. (various references)

Danish

toksisk (poisonous). (various references)

Dutch

toxisch (poisonous). (various references)

Farsi 

ناشی اززهراگینی , سمی (Poison, Poisonous, Venomous), زهری , زهراگین . (various references)

Finnish

toksinen (poisonous), myrkyllinen (poisonous, venomous). (various references)

French

toxique, vénéneux. (various references)

German

toxisch (poisonous), giftig (baneful, bilious, contaminative, deleterious, noisome, poisonous, shrewish, toxical, venomous, venomously, viperous, virulent, virulently, vitriolic, waspish, waspishly, waspy). (various references)

Greek 

τοξικός (poisonous). (various references)

Hebrew 

רעיל (intoxicant, poisonous), רעלני. (various references)

Hungarian

toxikus. (various references)

Italian

tossico (heroin addict, heroin user, poisonous, smacker, smackhead, toxicity). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

有毒　 (poisonous), 有毒 (poisonous), 毒性 (toxicity, virulence, virulent). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

どくせい (toxicity, virulence, virulent), ゆうどく (poisonous). (various references)

Korean 

유독한 (Poisonous, Toxical). (various references)

Manx

nieunagh (bitter as enemy;snakiness, bitter;snakiness, bleak, bleak of wind, deadly, poisonous, scathing, venomous, virulent, vitriolic), nieu (poison, toxaemia, venom, venomousness, virus). (various references)

Pig Latin

oxictay.(various references)

Portuguese

tóxico (intoxicant, noxious, poison, toxicant). (various references)

Romanian

toxic. (various references)

Russian 

ядовитый (nocuous, pestilent, poisonous, toxicant, venomous, viperous), яд (black bottle, poison, toxin, venom), токсичный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

toksičan, otrovan (envenomed, nocuous, poison, poisonous, toxicant, venomous, viperous). (various references)

Spanish

tóxico (poison, poisonous, toxicant). (various references)

Swedish

giftig (catty, mephitic, poisonous, venomous, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, waspish), toxisk (poisonous). (various references)

Turkish

toksik (toxical), zehirli (miasmal, miasmatic, nocuous, poisonous, toxical, toxicant, venomous, viperine, viperish, viperous). (various references)

Ukrainian

токсичний (toxicant), отрута (atter, bane, poison, toxicant, venom, virus), отруйний (baneful, deleterious, nocuous, noxious, poison-bearing, poisonous, toxicant, venomous, virulent). (various references)

Vietnamese 

độc (deleterious, insalubrious, noxious, poisonous, toxicant, unhealthful). (various references)

toxicum. (various references)

toxicus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "toxic": toxical, toxicant, toxicants, toxicities, toxicity, toxicologic, toxicological, toxicologically, toxicologies, toxicologist, toxicologists, toxicology, toxicoses, toxicosis, toxics. (additional references)

Words ending with "toxic": antitoxic, cytotoxic, endotoxic, exotoxic, hepatotoxic, nephrotoxic, neurotoxic, nontoxic, ototoxic, phototoxic, phytotoxic. (additional references)

Words containing "toxic": autointoxication, autointoxications, cytotoxicities, cytotoxicity, detoxicant, detoxicants, detoxicate, detoxicated, detoxicates, detoxicating, detoxication, detoxications, disintoxicate, disintoxicated, disintoxicates, disintoxicating, disintoxication, disintoxications, hepatotoxicities, hepatotoxicity, intoxicant, intoxicants, intoxicate, intoxicated, intoxicatedly, intoxicates, intoxicating, intoxication, intoxications, nephrotoxicities, nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicities, neurotoxicity, nonintoxicant, nonintoxicating, ototoxicities, ototoxicity, phototoxicities, phototoxicity, phytotoxicities, phytotoxicity, thyrotoxicoses, thyrotoxicosis. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Toxic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atoxic, oxic, tixic, toaxi, toeic, Tofik, tomic, tooxi, toric, towic, toxal, toxcin, toxi, toxia, toxib, toxicara, toxico, toxid, toxie, toxil, toxinc, toxir, toxy, tucxi, tuic, tuxi, tuxic, Txii, Txiki. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: otic.

-2 letters: cot, cox, tic.

-3 letters: it, ox, ti, to, xi.

+1 letter: exotic, toxics.

+2 letters: coexist, commixt, coxitis, exciton, excitor, exotica, exotics, toxemic, toxical, xerotic.

+3 letters: coexists, exaction, excitons, excitors, exorcist, exoteric, exotoxic, maxicoat, nontoxic, ototoxic, oxytocic, oxytocin, quixotic, toxaemic, toxicant, toxicity, unexotic.

+4 letters: antitoxic, axiomatic, coexisted, convexity, coxitides, cytotoxic, cytotoxin, endotoxic, exactions, exception, excitonic, excoriate, excretion, execution, exorcists, exoticism, maxicoats, mycotoxin, nonexotic, oxytocics, oxytocins, taxonomic, toxicants, toxicoses, toxicosis, toxigenic.