toxicant

[ tok-si-kuhnt ]
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adjective
  1. poisonous; toxic.

noun
  1. a poison.

Origin of toxicant

1
1880–85; <Medieval Latin toxicant- (stem of toxicāns), present participle of toxicāre to poison. See toxic, -ant

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British Dictionary definitions for toxicant

toxicant

/ (ˈtɒksɪkənt) /


noun
  1. a toxic substance; poison

  2. a rare word for intoxicant

adjective
  1. poisonous; toxic

Origin of toxicant

1
C19: from Medieval Latin toxicāre to poison; see toxic

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