toxicity
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7.2
- noun
- /tɒkˈsɪsɪti/
- Specialized
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toxicidad
- The toxicity of the polluted water has been linked to increased health problems in the local population.
- acute toxicity
- chronic toxicity
- systemic toxicity
So less overall side effects, more toxicity to the cancer cells.
- So less overall side effects, more toxicity to the cancer cells.
- I mean, shampoos are a big part of the toxicity that we're putting into our bodies.
- And the toxicity of those treatments is tremendous.
- They, they stop their aggressive therapies before they're just pure toxicity with no benefit.
- There's two causes of disease deficiency and toxicity.
- And BHT is linked to cancer risks, hormone disruption and organ toxicity.
- One set of groups trying to establish the toxicity of MDMA so that it does not become legal again.
- If water goes into a place that is stagnant, like a swamp, it's going to create filth, toxicity, and nothing can live but a river.
- But once you get into higher amounts, giving cats a big chunk of avocado, then you're risking toxicity.
- Their objective is to kill or to slow the growth of the target Organism, and to do so with minimal toxicity to the patient.
- Now there's a belief that heavy metal toxicity can be passed down in through giving birth in utero.
- For example, the drug company use toxicity test right?
Examples
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Toxicity levels in the Tennessee River are continuing to drop.
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And the toxicity of those treatments is tremendous.
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So less overall side effects, more toxicity to the cancer cells.
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Check for toxicity, which is what this is.
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You have the toxicity reports, right?
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That would explain the air toxicity.
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The tax would be based on the toxicity and volume of discharged materials.
Academic text (1999) -
Therefore, our findings provide a better understanding of the toxicity of environmental BaP.
Academic text (2015) -
Today, there are 60,000 chemicals in everyday use... yet only ten percent are tested for human toxicity.
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Since scientists have caught wind of their toxicity, several of them have been taken off the market, but some are still used for things like clothing and nonstick pants.
Synonyms
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7.5
Ability to cause death
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6.1
The chance that something will harm people or property
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4.8
How much something can hurt people, animals, or things
How harmful or poisonous something is
Great harm that can cause death or serious damage
A situation likely to cause harm or injury
Antonyms
How Toxic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Toxicity comes from a Greek word toxikon that meant 'poison for arrows' and came from toxon, 'bow'. It gave us the English words toxin and toxic. So toxicity is the quality of being 'poisonous' or harmful to living things.