toxicity
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɒkˈsɪs.ə.ti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /tɑkˈsɪs.ə.ti/, [tɑkˈsɪs.ə.ɾi]
Audio (New Jersey): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /tɔkˈsɪs.ə.ti/, [tɔkˈsɪs.ə.ɾi]
- Rhymes: -ɪsɪti
Noun
toxicity (usually uncountable, plural toxicities)
- The quality or degree of being toxic.
- Synonym: poisonousness
Usage notes
Regarding the limits on synonym interchange, see poison § Usage notes.
Derived terms
- acidotoxicity
- acute toxicity
- antitoxicity
- autotoxicity
- biotoxicity
- chemotoxicity
- chondrotoxicity
- chronic toxicity
- chronotoxicity
- cryotoxicity
- cytotoxicity
- digitoxicity
- ecotoxicity
- embryotoxicity
- endotoxicity
- enterotoxicity
- equitoxicity
- excitotoxicity
- fertotoxicity
- fetotoxicity
- fish acute toxicity syndrome
- gastrotoxicity
- genotoxicity
- gliotoxicity
- glucolipotoxicity
- glucotoxicity
- glycotoxicity
- gonadotoxicity
- haematotoxicity
- haemotoxicity
- hematotoxicity
- hemotoxicity
- hepatotoxicity
- hepatoxicity
- histotoxicity
- hypertoxicity
- hypotoxicity
- ichthyotoxicity
- immunotoxicity
- leucotoxicity
- leukotoxicity
- lipotoxicity
- lymphotoxicity
- mixtoxicity
- monotoxicity
- mycotoxicity
- myelotoxicity
- myotoxicity
- nanotoxicity
- nematotoxicity
- nephrotoxicity
- neurotoxicity
- nontoxicity
- osmotoxicity
- ototoxicity
- ovotoxicity
- oxygen toxicity
- pharmacotoxicity
- phototoxicity
- phytotoxicity
- proteotoxicity
- psychotoxicity
- pulmonotoxicity
- renotoxicity
- retinotoxicity
- rhizotoxicity
- ribotoxicity
- splenotoxicity
- subtoxicity
- synaptotoxicity
- thyrotoxicity
- urotoxicity
- vasculotoxicity
- vestibulotoxicity
- xenotoxicity
Translations
degree
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quality
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