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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOXICANT

From Medieval Latin toxicāre to poison.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TOXICANT

toxicant  [ˈtɒksɪkənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOXICANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Toxicant can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TOXICANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Toxicant

A toxicant is any toxic substance. In popular usage, the term is often used to denote substances made by humans or introduced into the environment by human activity, in contrast to toxins, which are toxicants produced naturally by a living organism.

Definition of toxicant in the English dictionary

The definition of toxicant in the dictionary is a toxic substance; poison. Other definition of toxicant is poisonous; toxic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOXICANT


abdicant
ˈæbdɪkənt
antidesiccant
ˌæntɪˈdɛsɪkənt
applicant
ˈæplɪkənt
communicant
kəˈmjuːnɪkənt
dedicant
ˈdɛdɪkənt
desiccant
ˈdɛsɪkənt
detoxicant
diːˈtɒksɪkənt
exsiccant
ɛkˈsɪkənt
fabricant
ˈfæbrɪkənt
indicant
ˈɪndɪkənt
insignificant
ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
intoxicant
ɪnˈtɒksɪkənt
lubricant
ˈluːbrɪkənt
mendicant
ˈmɛndɪkənt
nonsignificant
ˌnɒnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
significant
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
supplicant
ˈsʌplɪkənt
urticant
ˈɜːtɪkənt
vacant
ˈveɪkənt
vesicant
ˈvɛsɪkənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOXICANT

toxic
toxic bank
toxic effect
toxic noise
toxic shock syndrome
toxic waste
toxical
toxically
toxication
toxicity
toxicogenic
toxicol.
toxicologic
toxicological
toxicologically
toxicologist
toxicology
toxicomania
toxicophagous
toxicophobia

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOXICANT

Alacant
alicant
cant
contraindicant
coruscant
cosecant
decant
emicant
eradicant
formicant
job applicant
medicant
nigricant
noncommunicant
predicant
prejudicant
provocant
radicant
scant
secant

Synonyms and antonyms of toxicant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «toxicant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOXICANT

Find out the translation of toxicant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of toxicant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «toxicant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

毒物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tóxico
570 millions of speakers

English

toxicant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विषैला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

токсикантом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tóxico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিষঘটিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

toxique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Toksik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Giftstoff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

毒物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

독성 물질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Toxicant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chất độc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நச்சுத்தன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विषारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zehirli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intossicante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

toxicant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

токсикантом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

substanță toxică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τοξική ουσία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gifstof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

toxikanten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

toxicant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of toxicant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOXICANT»

The term «toxicant» is regularly used and occupies the 74.739 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOXICANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «toxicant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «toxicant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about toxicant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOXICANT»

Discover the use of toxicant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to toxicant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Toxicant-Receptor Interactions: Modulations of signal ...
This volume describes molecular approaches and reviews of current research.
Michael Denison, William Helferich, 1998
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Aldo-keto reductases and toxicant metabolism
Annotation This book discusses the role of the Aldo-Keto Reductase (AKR) superfamily in the metabolism of endogenous and exogenous toxicants.
Trevor M. Penning, J. Mark Petrash, American Chemical Society. Division of Chemical Toxicology, 2003
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Food Toxicants Analysis: Techniques, Strategies and Developments
Food Toxicants Analysis covers different aspects from the field of analytical food toxicology including emerging analytical techniques and applications to detect food allergens, genetically modified organisms, and novel ingredients ...
Yolanda Picó, 2007
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The Modulation of Apoptosis in Testicular Germ Cells ...
However, the apoptotic strategy of these cells remains unsolved and which pathway involved may in fact be a function of the toxicant used. For example, the chemotherapeutic drug cisplatin generates mitochondrial apoptosis in both ...
Chad Marcus McKee, 2007
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Handbook of Ecotoxicology, Second Edition
Control charts as described by the EPA55-56-88 are constructed for each species, and reference toxicant is used. The cumulative mean value ( recalculated with successive data points until the results are stable) and upper and lower control ...
David J. Hoffman, Barnett A. Rattner, G. Allen Burton, Jr., 2002
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Encyclopedia of Entomology
During these processes, and throughout the life of the toxicant, the toxicant will degrade. Degradation is a combination of a large number of forces that can be classified as chemical or physical. The two most common chemical actions are ...
John L. Capinera, 2008
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Methods for measuring the acute toxicity of effluents and ...
The regulatory agency should be consulted before reference toxicant(s) are selected and used. 4.17 RECORDKEEPING 4.17.1 Proper record keeping is important. A complete file should be maintained for each individual toxicity test or group ...
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A Textbook of Modern Toxicology
However, if the toxicant is readily absorbed into the body, there are still other anatomical and physiological barriers which may prevent distribution to the target tissue to elicit a toxic response. As the toxicological response is often related to the ...
Ernest Hodgson, 2011
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Short-term methods for estimating the chronic toxicity of ...
control limits. If two or more consecutive tests do not fall within the control limits, the results must be explained and the reference toxicant test must be immediately repeated. Actions taken to correct the problem must be reported. 4.16.5 If the ...
‎1988
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The Scientific Basis of Tobacco Product Regulation: Second ...
toxicants have different potencies as toxicants, however, and the range of toxicant per milligram of nicotine (defining the reduction possible with the proposed regulatory approach) is different. As a result, the net effect of a mandated reduction ...
‎2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOXICANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term toxicant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hydraulic fracturing linked to increases in hospitalization rates in the …
"At this point, we suspect that residents are exposed to many toxicants, noise, and social stressors due to hydraulic fracturing near their homes and this may add ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
2
This Insect Uses Farts to Immobilize Its Prey
When a baby of the species gets hungry it stuns its prey with what researchers characterized as a “vapor-phase toxicant,” which it emits from its anus. “That's a ... «io9, Jun 15»
3
California lists ethylene glycol as reproductive toxicant
California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added ethylene glycol to the Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to the state to ... «Chemical Watch, Jun 15»
4
Chemicals in Your Popcorn?
All carry a kind of industrial toxicant called poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs, that do two things: They make life convenient, and they also appear to ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
5
California demands warning labels for BPA
... as well as for approved uses in food containers and packaging. The FDA also maintains that current research does not support BPA as a reproductive toxicant. «Royal Society of Chemistry, May 15»
6
California lists BPA as reproductive toxicant
The decision follows a determination made by OEHHA's advisory panel, the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DART-IC), as ... «Chemical Watch, May 15»
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NAMPA and ACC hit out at BPA decision
DART-IC (Development and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee) made the decision to list BPA as a female reproductive toxicant at a meeting last ... «FoodQualityNews.com, May 15»
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Researchers ask if flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol A is a …
TBBPA was not found to be a developmental toxicant in rats, showing no signs of adult maternal toxicity or overt teratogenicity. Results from the ... «Medical Xpress, Feb 15»
9
Is the Flame Retardant, Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), a …
... functions in the offspring. TBBPA was not found to be a developmental toxicant in rats, showing no signs of adult maternal toxicity or overt teratogenicity. «Newswise, Feb 15»
10
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments Jan. 15, 2015 including …
Suzan Carmichael, 48, of Menlo Park, has been appointed to the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee. Carmichael has been ... «California Newswire, Jan 15»

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