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toxicant

American  
[tok-si-kuhnt] / ˈtɒk sɪ kənt /

adjective

  1. poisonous; toxic.

noun

  1. a poison.

toxicant British  
/ ˈtɒksɪkənt /

noun

  1. a toxic substance; poison

  2. a rare word for intoxicant

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adjective

  1. poisonous; toxic

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of toxicant

1880–85; < Medieval Latin toxicant- (stem of toxicāns ), present participle of toxicāre to poison. See toxic, -ant

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