toxicity

American  

[tok-sis-i-tee] / tɒkˈsɪs ɪ ti /

noun

plural

toxicities

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

• hypertoxicity
  noun
• nontoxicity
  noun

Etymology

Origin of toxicity

First recorded in 1880–85; toxic + -ity

Example Sentences

Toxicity monitoring data from May 8 did not yet show the bloom, and the next sampling will not take place until June 4.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

"Previously this was just a dark area, uncharted. Toxicity studies were just guessing what's in there," said study coauthor Beizhan Yan, an environmental chemist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

"Toxicity takes a lot of different shapes," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2023

Toxicity was the biggest predictor of attrition, researchers found.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Relative Toxicity of the Animal Proteins.—The difference between the various animal proteins as to their relative toxicity has been the subject of much discussion.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.