Etymology

toxication

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Today it means: the metabolism of a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite Full definition →

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

From toxic + -ation.

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