tox

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adjective

Affected by toxin; intoxicated; toxicological.

“crashing tox patient”

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Meanings

nountox (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationclippinginformaluncountablemedicineClipping of toxicity.

    GI tox

    gastrointestinal toxicity

  2. abbreviationclippinginformaluncountableClipping of toxicology.

    His tox screen came back positive.

    1 more example

    “How are you going to have a conversation around the patient’s positive tox screen results?” asked Dr. Lidya H. Wlasiuk, who teaches addiction awareness and interventions here at Boston University School of Medicine.

    2018 September 10, Jan Hoffman, “Most Doctors Are Ill-Equipped to Deal With the Opioid Epidemic. Few Medical Schools Teach Addiction.”, in The New York Times
  3. abbreviationclippinginformaluncountableClipping of Botox
adjectivetox (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparablemedicineAffected by toxin; intoxicated; toxicological.

    crashing tox patient

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
botoxtoxicitytoxicology

Origin

Clippings.

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APA

tox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tox

MLA

“tox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tox. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tox,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tox.

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