Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being toxic.
- noun The degree to which a substance is toxic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being toxic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being toxic or poisonous; poisonousness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun toxicology Degree to which a
toxic substance mayharm acell ororganism . - noun toxicology The quality of being
toxic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun grave harmfulness or deadliness
- noun the degree to which something is poisonous
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Examples
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While environmental controversy surrounding use of this fuel is wide and varied, the greatest supported evidence of toxicity comes from the presents of dioxins and furans in the flue gases.
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Tired of Misleading Language 2009
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Except for the toxicity from the nuclear melt downs, and the reliance on Russian fuel … jwest says:
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The report recommends that mammary tissue be routinely included in toxicity testing of any chemical.
Frances Beinecke: We Won't Identify Breast Cancer Risks from Chemicals Until We Test for Them Frances Beinecke 2010
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Gingrich may simply be the most vocal, granted, but he's hardly alone, and that toxicity is trickling straight down to the Republican rank-and-file, a scary number of whom seem to be functioning under the impression that every Muslim in America is a "stealth jihadist" waiting to flip the switch from "good" to "evil" like the Clone Troopers in Star Wars.
Zaki Hasan: The Right Wing's Sharia Shenanigans Zaki Hasan 2010
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The report recommends that mammary tissue be routinely included in toxicity testing of any chemical.
Frances Beinecke: We Won't Identify Breast Cancer Risks from Chemicals Until We Test for Them Frances Beinecke 2010
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The report recommends that mammary tissue be routinely included in toxicity testing of any chemical.
Frances Beinecke: We Won't Identify Breast Cancer Risks from Chemicals Until We Test for Them Frances Beinecke 2010
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Treatment of colchicine toxicity is largely supportive.
Colchicine Poisoning 2010
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Life-threatening theophylline toxicity is not predictable by serum levels.
Theophylline 2010
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The report recommends that mammary tissue be routinely included in toxicity testing of any chemical.
Frances Beinecke: We Won't Identify Breast Cancer Risks from Chemicals Until We Test for Them Frances Beinecke 2010
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Gingrich may simply be the most vocal, granted, but he's hardly alone, and that toxicity is trickling straight down to the Republican rank-and-file, a scary number of whom seem to be functioning under the impression that every Muslim in America is a "stealth jihadist" waiting to flip the switch from "good" to "evil" like the Clone Troopers in Star Wars.
Zaki Hasan: The Right Wing's Sharia Shenanigans Zaki Hasan 2010
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