tox
- noun
- /tɑks/
- Slang
- 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.
- But I just find this entire trope around toxins and food to be ridiculous.
- And supposedly they they can leach the toxins out of your body.
- And what happens is your brain washes all of the toxins out during deep sleep.
- They're excytotoxins, toxins that Rev up the nervous system.
- How does your body break down the toxins?
- Oh, my body was hot with toxins.
- There are no sulfates, no GMOs, no toxins.
- At least a year to detox, to off gas and to release the toxins that the narcissistic relationship put into you.
- So the main thing is basically reduce stress, reduce toxins, Don't weigh yourself out, you know, simple stuff like this.
- That part of the brain does not have a blood brain barrier, so it's very vulnerable to toxins.
- Get yourself sweating because it's the blood that moves, picks up the toxins, puts it in the sweat, the sweat releases the toxins, and we feel a whole lot better.
- So basically the fluid that the brain sits in, which also is, you know, there are ventricles in the brain that forces toxins out overnight.
- You're getting rid of those hormones, which are those toxins, which is blue beautiful.
- Plus, bacteria, toxins, mold, mold is a nightmare and allergens.
- The microbiome starts to change and start to metabolize the toxins into non-toxic thing.
Examples
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Preliminary results say no, but the final tox results won't be in for 48 hours.
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A full tox screen will take about a week.
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I know where the tox report is.
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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.
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But her tox screen might explain the absence of any sign of struggle.
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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
Something that can cause serious harm or death when swallowed, touched and breathed
A poisonous substance that can harm people and animals
Surface Forms
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.