phlebotoxic

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adjective

Being toxic or causing harm to veins.

Scrabble 27

Meanings

adjectivephlebotoxic (comparative more phlebotoxic, superlative most phlebotoxic)

comparative more phlebotoxic · superlative most phlebotoxic

  1. Being toxic or causing harm to veins.

Origin

  1. Englishphlebo-
  2. Ancient Greekτοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
  3. Ancient Greekτοξικόν (toxikón)
  4. Latintoxicum
  5. Latintoxicu
  6. Frenchtoxique
  7. Englishtoxic
  8. Englishphlebotoxic

From phlebo- + toxic.

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APA

phlebotoxic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phlebotoxic

MLA

“phlebotoxic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phlebotoxic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phlebotoxic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phlebotoxic.

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