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toxicant

/ˈtɒksɪkənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
tox-i-cant
IPA
/ˈtɒksɪkənt/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity.

adj

Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity.

noun

A toxic or poisonous substance.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin toxicāns, toxicant-, present participle of toxicāre (“to poison”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more toxicant (comparative) most toxicant (superlative) toxicants (plural)

Derived Forms

cardiotoxicant cytotoxicant ecotoxicant exotoxicant genotoxicant hematotoxicant hepatotoxicant immunotoxicant intoxicant nephrotoxicant neurotoxicant olfactotoxicant

Synonyms

toxant poisonous poison poisonous substance

Questions

How do you pronounce toxicant?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɒksɪkənt/.
What does toxicant mean?
Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity.
Where does toxicant come from?
From Medieval Latin toxicāns, toxicant-, present participle of toxicāre (“to poison”).

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