Toxin

Noun CEFR B1

ˈtɒksɪn

Definitions

A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.
Synonym of toxicant: a toxic substance in a body requiring removal.
broadly, proscribed, usually

Equivalents

Españoltoxina

Françaistoxine

DeutschGift Giftstoff Toxin

30 more languages

العربيةالسمّ سم

Bosanskitoksin токсин

Catalàtoxina

Češtinatoxin

Danskgiftstof toksin

Ελληνικάδηλητήριο τοξίνη

Esperantotoksino

فارسیزهرابه

Suomimyrkky toksiini

Gaeilgetocsain

Hrvatskitoksin токсин

Magyarméreg

Bahasa Indonesiatoksin

Italianotossina

日本語毒毒素

Қазақ тіліуыт

한국어독소

Kurdîzehîr

Latviešutoksīns

മലയാളംവിഷം

Portuguêstoxina

Românătoxină

Русскийтоксин

Ikinyarwandauburozi

Српскиtoksin токсин

Svenskagift

ไทยพิษ

Türkçezehir

Tiếng Việtchất độc độc tố

Examples

“The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite ⟳, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

toxine toxinemia toxinfection toxinogenicity toxinologist toxinologists

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