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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.


toxicity British  
/ tɒkˈsɪsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the degree of strength of a poison

  2. the state or quality of being poisonous

"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

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Origin of toxicity

First recorded in 1880–85; toxic + -ity


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Manchester City will face an atmosphere of toxicity and hostility they have never experienced before when they walk out to face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Protagonist’s job, Chief Executive Dinesh Patel explains, was to build in that toughness while leaving the toxicity behind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Those cells accumulated in the liver and lungs and produced the type of toxicity the new strategy is intended to prevent.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Mamdani won plaudits for recently revealing thousands of documents showing what city officials knew about toxicity levels of the air in Lower Manhattan following the attacks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The problem with small pressure vessels is C02 toxicity.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

The study focuses on a new treatment approach that aims to harness the body's immune system to enhance patient responses and reduce the need for conventional chemotherapy and its associated toxicities.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024

Babies were especially vulnerable to these toxicities, resulting in high rates of infants with birth defects and illnesses.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024

But genetically modified wheat has never been grown for commercial purposes due to consumer fears that allergens or toxicities could emerge in a staple used worldwide for bread, pasta and pastries.

From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023

The company Fujifilm Irvine Scientific quietly recalled four production lots of the oil used to culture embryos on Jan. 16 after complaints of problems from clinics and its internal investigation discovered the toxicities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

She wants to see whether it correctly predicts brewing toxicities and influences how doctors care for patients, perhaps enabling them to prevent hospitalizations by starting immune suppression and other treatments sooner.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 30, 2022

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