toxicity

American  

[tok-sis-i-tee] / tɒkˈsɪs ɪ ti /

noun

toxicities plural

1. the quality, relative degree, or specific degree of being toxic or poisonous.

   to determine the toxicity of arsenic.

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toxicity British  

/ tɒkˈsɪsɪtɪ /

noun

1. the degree of strength of a poison

2. the state or quality of being poisonous

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• hypertoxicity
  noun
• nontoxicity
  noun

Inflected Forms

noun

• toxicities
  plural

Etymology

Origin of toxicity

First recorded in 1880–85; toxic + -ity

Example Sentences

"I hope the investigation reveals the toxicity that oozes out of every pore of this show and production company," she wrote.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

It’s time that cancer survivors form a voting bloc to affect legislation that protects us at the state and federal levels from financial toxicity in healthcare.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Liver toxicity was a known risk, but trial results implied that avacopan was a superior treatment than rival medicines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

In laboratory testing, the treatment killed about 95 percent of a colony without the mammal toxicity concerns linked to many traditional termite control methods.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Its informal name, dead-man's tree, is owed to its extreme toxicity; nearly every part of the umdhlebi tree is poisonous.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray