- poisonous; toxic
- отровен; затруен
English-Macedonian dictionary. 2013.
poisonous; toxic
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Toxic — A very high risk investment which is highly likely to be in default. * * * toxic UK US /ˈtɒksɪk/ adjective ► poisonous: toxic to sb/sth »These substances can be toxic to humans. toxic chemical/substance/material »The company has cut toxic… … Financial and business terms
toxic — adj. 1 of or relating to poison (toxic symptoms). 2 poisonous (toxic gas). 3 caused by poison (toxic anaemia). Derivatives: toxically adv. toxicity n. Etymology: med.L toxicus poisoned f. L toxicum f. Gk toxikon (pharmakon) (poison for) arrows f … Useful english dictionary
poisonous — poisonous, venomous, virulent, toxic, mephitic, pestilent, pestilential, miasmic, miasmatic, miasmal are comparable when they mean having the properties or the effects of poison (see POISON) Basically poisonous implies that the thing so described … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Toxic metal — Toxic metals are metals that form poisonous soluble compounds and have no biological role, i.e. are not essential minerals, or are in the wrong form[1]. Often heavy metals are thought as synonymous, but lighter metals also have toxicity, such as… … Wikipedia
toxic — I adjective damaging, deadly, deleterious, fatal, festering, harmful, injurious, insalubrious, lethal, malign, noxious, pestilent, pernicious, poisonous, purulent, risky, unsafe, venomous, virulent associated concepts: toxic chemicals, toxic… … Law dictionary
toxic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) poisonous. 2) relating to or caused by poison. ► NOUN (toxics) ▪ poisonous substances. DERIVATIVES toxicity noun. ORIGIN from Latin toxicum poison … English terms dictionary
Toxic cough syrup — refers to a scandal with Panamanian pharmaceutical manufacturers using ethylene glycol to make cough syrup, which they believed it to be glycerine. Ethylene glycol is a less expensive alternative. Ethylene glycol is nephrotoxic and can result in… … Wikipedia
toxic — [täk′sik] adj. [ML toxicus < L toxicum, a poison < Gr toxicon, a poison, orig., poison in which arrows were dipped < toxicos, of or for a bow < toxon, a bow] 1. of, affected by, or caused by a toxin, or poison 2. acting as a poison;… … English World dictionary
Toxic — Tox ic, Toxical Tox ic*al, a. [L. toxicum poison, originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. toxiko n (sc. ?) poison for smearing arrows with, fr. toxiko s of or for the bow, from to xon bow, arrow. Cf. {Intoxicate}.] Of or pertaining… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
toxic — Poisonous; capable of causing injury or death. Among toxic art materials are many solvents and adhesives; the paints flake white (white lead), whose dry pigment should never be handled, and Naples yellow. If a material is toxic, the nature of… … Glossary of Art Terms
poisonous — index deadly, deleterious, fatal, harmful, incendiary, insalubrious, lethal, malevolent, malignant … Law dictionary
