psychotoxic

[ sahy-koh-tok-sik ]

/ ˌsaɪ koʊˈtɒk sɪk /

adjective Pharmacology.

toxic or harmful to the mind or personality.

Nearby words

psychotherapy, psychotic, psychotogen, psychotogenic, psychotomimetic, psychotoxic, psychotronic, psychotropic, psychro-, psychroalgia, psychrometer

Origin of psychotoxic

First recorded in 1960–65; psycho- + toxic

Related forms

psy·cho·tox·ic·i·ty

[sahy-koh-tok-sis-i-tee] /ˌsaɪ koʊ tɒkˈsɪs ɪ ti/, noun

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