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toxicate

toxicate verb: to metabolise a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite.

Verb

toxicate (third-person singular simple present toxicates, present participle toxicating, simple past and past participle toxicated)

  1. (transitive) To metabolise a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite.

Forms of toxicate

third-person singular presenttoxicates
present participletoxicating
past participletoxicated
pasttoxicated

Origin of toxicate

From toxic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about toxicate

What does toxicate mean?
Toxicate means to metabolise a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite.
What part of speech is toxicate?
Toxicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of toxicate?
The past tense of toxicate is toxicated.

Words near toxicate in the dictionary

  1. toxically
  2. toxicant
  3. toxicants
  4. toxicarioside
  5. toxicarol
  6. toxicate
  7. toxication
  8. toxications
  9. toxicemia
  10. toxicities
  11. toxicity

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