Etymology

toxicate

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Today it means: To metabolise a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite. Full definition →

English toxic ← French toxique ← Latin toxicu
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  1. Ancient Greekτοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
  2. Ancient Greekτοξικόν (toxikón)
  3. Latintoxicum
  4. Latintoxicu
  5. Frenchtoxique
  6. Englishtoxic
  7. English todaytoxicate

From toxic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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