toxicate

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verb

To metabolise a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite.

OriginEnglish toxic ← French toxique ← Latin toxicu →
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Meanings

verbtoxicate (third-person singular simple present toxicates, present participle toxicating, simple past and past participle toxicated)

present singular third person toxicates · participle present toxicating · participle past toxicated · past toxicated

  1. transitiveTo metabolise a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
  2. Ancient Greekτοξικόν (toxikón)
  3. Latintoxicum
  4. Latintoxicu
  5. Frenchtoxique
  6. Englishtoxic
  7. Englishtoxicate

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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