toxicant
Americanadjective
noun
noun
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a toxic substance; poison
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a rare word for intoxicant
adjective
Etymology
Origin of toxicant
1880–85; < Medieval Latin toxicant- (stem of toxicāns ), present participle of toxicāre to poison. See toxic, -ant
Example Sentences
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Skinner and his colleagues also conducted epigenetic analysis of each generation of the animals, finding that the toxicant exposures shifted their entire epigenetics dramatically.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2024
The study provides evidence that multiple toxicant exposures of past human generations likely had a compounded impact on grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2024
The latest PCB testing on campus, carried out in August by a district contractor, showed negligible levels of the toxicant on campus, according to school district records.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2022
"A toxicant is not a silver bullet," he adds.
From Salon ● May 23, 2021
The state of California classifies it as a reproductive and developmental toxicant in humans.
From Scientific American ● May 12, 2015
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