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tox

tox

69 9.9
Harmful chemicals that can make people sick
  • noun
  • /tɑks/
  • Slang
translation icon : sustancia tóxica
  • She was relieved when the tox report confirmed that there were no poisons present in the food.

But I just find this entire trope around toxins and food to be ridiculous.

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Examples

  • Preliminary results say no, but the final tox results won't be in for 48 hours.

  • A full tox screen will take about a week.

  • I know where the tox report is.

  • And when the baby arrived at the hospital, they got a positive tox screen on her.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • And second, they got the tox screen back already?

    Blog text (31)
  • Her blood tox will register.

  • But her tox screen might explain the absence of any sign of struggle.

  • Obviously, not all drugs are tested in these two tox screens, but we must go with the information available.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Has the FBI done a tox screen on this man: urinalysis, blood test, hair test?

    Blog text (21)
  • The tox screen is negative, and he is too combative to do a spinal tap.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

1 4.4

Something that can cause serious harm or death when swallowed, touched and breathed

is an informal label often used for harmful chemicals rather than formal terms
toxicant
vstox
  • Specialized
1 9.5

A poisonous substance that can harm people and animals

is the informal word for harmful chemicals and similar agents

Surface Forms

tox singular
toxes plural

Etymology

The word tox comes from the same root as toxin and toxic. Long ago a Greek word toxon meant 'bow', and because people put poison on arrows the word came to mean 'poison', so today tox is used for things that are poisonous or harmful to health.