atoxic

[ ey-tok-sik ]

adjective

1. not toxic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of atoxic¹

a- ⁶ + toxic

Example Sentences

It multiplies in nutrient-rich aquatic environments, such as springs that receive untreated sewage, but is atoxic.

From Fox News

They are looking for traces of polonium, atoxic radioactive substance that, his widow and political allies suspect, had poisoned the 75-year-old Palestinian leader and led to his death in a Parishospital in November 2004.

From Time