toxic condition
- noun
- /ˈtɒksɪk kənˈdɪʃən/
- Specialized
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condición tóxica
- Exposure to harmful chemicals can lead to a toxic condition that affects the liver and kidneys.
Examples
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The patient's symptoms were attributed to a toxic condition caused by heavy metal exposure.
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All of which made her very confused, which was not surprising, given the toxic condition of her synapses.
Fiction book (1997) -
And so it turns out some of these sort of what we'd call toxic conditions in the pit mimic toxic conditions in mammalian systems.
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Living in a polluted environment can create a toxic condition in the body over time.
Synonyms
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3.9
A serious sickness caused by taking a harmful chemical into the body
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7.2
How poisonous a substance is to people or animals
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6.0
A condition when a poison harms the body or mind
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is a direct composition of 'toxic' (harmful because of poison) + 'condition' (a state), so its meaning as a state caused by a poisonous substance is transparently derivable from the parts. This is a common and cross-linguistically regular adjective+noun pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand.
Etymology
Toxic condition links toxic (meaning 'poison') and condition (meaning 'the state of the body'); imagine poison entering the body and making it sick. So doctors use toxic condition to mean the harmful state caused by a poison.