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acute toxicities

acute toxicities is the plural of acute toxicity.

Meaning of acute toxicity

Noun

acute toxicity (countable and uncountable, plural acute toxicities)

  1. The ability of a substance to cause harmful effects soon after a single exposure or dose.
    • In the assessment of substances for toxic characteristics acute toxicity is usually a first step in providing information on relative toxicity.2007, C.J. van Leeuwen, T. Vermeire, chapter 6, in Risk Assessment of Chemicals: An Introduction, →ISBN, page 240

Questions about acute toxicities

What is acute toxicities the plural of?
Acute toxicities is the plural of acute toxicity.

Words near acute toxicities in the dictionary

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