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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Yet, data remain sparse on how specific elements are distributed within an animal's body, especially for many rarely encountered species, and how toxicant levels relate to its sex, breed, age and other demographic factors.
From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024
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
Sugar bait with a toxicant, such as boric acid, typically works well, as many of the ant species that enter homes are sweet-loving ants.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023
"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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