toxin
UK/ˈtɒksɪn//ˈtɑksɪn/
toxin noun: a toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.
Noun
toxin (plural toxins)
- A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.
- The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known.2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023
- Synonym of toxicant: a toxic substance in a body requiring removal.
- Synonyms:
- toxicant
toxin meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Malay
toxin in Tamil
- நச்சு, நச்சூட்டுப் பொருள், நஞ்சு, விஷப்பொருள், தொட்சின், நுண்ணுயிர் நச்சு
toxin in Malayalam
- a toxic or poisonous substance
- വിഷം viṣaṁ
toxin in Kannada
- ನಂಜು
toxin in Malay
- a toxic or poisonous substance
- toksin
More languagesFewer languages
- toxin in Indonesian
- toksin
- toxin in Persian
- زهرابه zahrâbe
- toxin in Vietnamese
- toxin, độc tố
Examples of toxin in a sentence
- Seizures can be caused by exposure to certain poisons or toxins.
- This toxin impairs ventilation by causing inflammation in the bronchioles.
- Due to the fungi's ability to deactivate and mycoremediate toxins, the environment is not affected negatively.
Synonyms of toxin
Antonyms
Forms of toxin
| plural | toxins |
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Origin of toxin
From Latin toxicum, equivalent to toxi- + -in.
Words formed from toxin
- actinotoxin
- aetokthonotoxin
- amatoxin
- anaphylatoxin
- anatoxin
- angiotoxin
- antitoxin
- arachnotoxin
- autotoxin
- bacteriotoxin
- batrachotoxin
- biotoxin
- Botox
- botulinum toxin
- bufotoxin
- caramboxin
- cardiotoxin
- cephalotoxin
- charybdotoxin
- chemotoxin
- chlorotoxin
- ciguateratoxin
- ciliotoxin
- coagulotoxin
- Coley's toxin
- conotoxin
- corynetoxin
- crotoxin
- cyanotoxin
- cytotoxin
- dendrotoxin
- dermatotoxin
- dermatoxin
- digitoxin
- digoxin
- ecotoxin
- embryotoxin
- endotheliotoxin
- endotoxin
- enterotoxin
- entomotoxin
- equinatoxin
- ergotoxine
- erototoxin
- excitotoxin
- exotoxin
- gastrotoxin
- genotoxin
- ginkgotoxin
- glycotoxin
- gonyautoxin
- haematotoxin
- helminthotoxin
- hematotoxin
- hemotoxin
- hepatotoxin
- heterotoxin
- holotoxin
- homeotoxin
- ichthyoacanthotoxin
Phrases with toxin
Words that rhyme with toxin
- dioxin
- tocsin
- amatoxin
- antiantitoxin
- difenoxin
- digoxin
- gastrotoxin
- kurtoxin
- levothyroxine
- lycotoxin
- mitotoxin
- ophiotoxin
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Questions about toxin
- What does toxin mean?
- Toxin means a toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.
- What is toxin in Tamil?
- Toxin in Tamil is நச்சு, நச்சூட்டுப் பொருள், நஞ்சு. See Toxin meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is toxin?
- Toxin is a noun.
- How do you pronounce toxin?
- Toxin is pronounced /ˈtɒksɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of toxin?
- The plural of toxin is toxins.
Words near toxin in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: toxin (page history and authors); toxin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); toxin (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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