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toxicosis

/ˌtɒksɪˈkəʊsɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
tox-i-co-sis
IPA
/ˌtɒksɪˈkəʊsɪs/
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

illness due to poisoning

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Undeterminedder.? Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English toxicosis From toxic + -osis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

toxicoses (plural)

Derived Forms

aspergillotoxicosis autotoxicosis biotoxicosis brevetoxicosis cardiotoxicosis endotoxicosis enterotoxicosis mycotoxicosis thallotoxicosis thyrotoxicosis

Frequently Paired Words

toxic toxicity toxicotic

Questions

How do you pronounce toxicosis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɒksɪˈkəʊsɪs/.
What does toxicosis mean?
illness due to poisoning
Where does toxicosis come from?
Etymology tree Undeterminedder.? Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English toxicosis From toxic + -osis.

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