toxin

See also: Toxin

English

Etymology

From Latin toxicum.

Pronunciation

Homophone: tocsin
Rhymes: -ɒksɪn

Noun

toxin (plural toxins)

A toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms.

Derived terms

toxinic

Related terms

toxic

Translations

a toxic or poisonous substance

Catalan: toxina (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 毒素 (duk⁶ sou³)

Mandarin: 毒素 (zh) (dúsù)

Min Nan: 毒素 (to̍k-sò͘)
Czech: toxin m
Esperanto: toksino
Finnish: toksiini (fi), myrkky (fi)
French: toxine (fr) f
German: Toxin n
Greek: τοξίνη (el) f (toxíni)
Hungarian: méreg (hu)
Ido: toxino (io)
Irish: tocsain f
Italian: tossina (it) f
Japanese: 毒素 (どくそ, dokuso)

Korean: 독소 (ko) (dokso) (毒素 (ko))
Kurdish: toksîn (ku) f
Latvian: toksīns m
Malay: toksin
Navajo: kʼaasdá
Norwegian:
Bokmål: giftstoff n, toksin n

Nynorsk: giftstoff n, toksin n
Occitan: toxina (oc) f
Portuguese: toxina (pt) f
Romanian: toxină (ro)
Russian: токси́н (ru) m (toksín)
Spanish: toxina (es) f
Swedish: toxin (sv) n
Vietnamese: toxin (vi), độc tố

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