Meanings
nountoxicity (usually uncountable, plural toxicities)
plural toxicities
- uncountableusuallyThe quality or degree of being toxic.
drug toxicity
5 more examples
liver toxicity
social toxicity
Researchers tested the toxicity of the chemical compound.
The online discussion quickly descended into toxicity.
High levels of mercury can cause severe toxicity.
Synonyms: poisonousness, tox
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality or degree of being toxic.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekτόξον (tóxon)
- Ancient Greekτοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
- Ancient Greekτοξικόν (toxikón)
- Latintoxicum
- Latintoxicu
- Frenchtoxique
- Englishtoxic
- Englishtoxicity
Translations
Basque toxikotasun, toxikotasun
- toxikotasundegree
- toxikotasunquality
Catalan toxicitat, toxicitat
- toxicitatdegree
- toxicitatquality
Chinese Mandarin 毒性, 毒性
- 毒性 (dúxìng)degree
- 毒性 (dúxìng)quality
Czech toxicita, jedovatost
- toxicitadegree
- jedovatostdegree
Esperanto tokseco, tokseco
- toksecodegree
- toksecoquality
Finnish myrkyllisyys, toksisuus
- myrkyllisyysdegree
- toksisuusdegree
- myrkyllisyysquality
- toksisuusquality
French toxicité
- toxicitédegree
German Giftigkeit, Giftigkeit
- Giftigkeitdegree
- Giftigkeitquality
- Toxizitätquality
Greek τοξικότητα
- τοξικότητα (toxikótita)degree
Hindi विषाक्तता, विषाक्तता
- विषाक्तता (viṣāktatā)degree
- विषाक्तता (viṣāktatā)quality
Indonesian toksisitas
- toksisitasdegree
Irish tocsaineacht, tocsaineacht
- tocsaineachtdegree
- tocsaineachtquality
Italian tossicità, tossicità
- tossicitàdegree
- tossicitàquality
Latvian indīgums, toksiskums
- indīgumsdegree
- toksiskumsdegree
- indīgumsquality
- toksiskumsquality
Malay ketoksikan
- ketoksikandegree
Portuguese toxicidade, toxidade
- toxicidadedegree
- toxidadedegree
- toxicidadequality
- toxidadequality
Russian токсичность, токсичность
- токсичность (toksičnostʹ)degree
- токсичность (toksičnostʹ)quality
Spanish toxicidad, toxicidad
- toxicidaddegree
- toxicidadquality
Swedish toxicitet
- toxicitetdegree
Tagalog pagkakalason
- pagkakalasonquality
Turkish toksiklik, zehirlilik
- toksiklikdegree
- zehirlilikdegree
- toksiklikquality
- zehirlilikquality
Vietnamese độc tính, tính độc
- độc tínhdegree
- tính độcdegree
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with toxicity
electricitypublicityethnicitysimplicityelasticityfelicityplasticityhistoricityatomicitychromaticityantineoplasticityaromanticityatmosphericitybenediciteinfelicitylaicitymonochromaticitypolychromaticityrhoticitysyntheticitytriplicity
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
toxicity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxicity
MLA
“toxicity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxicity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toxicity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxicity.
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