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
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
“They may not have been a toxicant at low levels,” Rue says, but “we could be crossing a threshold.”
From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2021
In 2014, the EPA issued Poché a permit for Genesis to test warfarin in Texas, authorizing the first field test of a hog-targeted toxicant.
From Salon • May 23, 2021
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