toxico-, toxic-, toxi-, tox-, toxin-, -toxically, -toxaemia, -toxemia, -toxaemic, -toxemic, -toxical, -toxy, -toxis, -toxicosis, -toxism, -toxia, -toxin, -toxicity
(Greek: poison)
This Greek element originally meant "bow", then it became "arrow", then a "poisoned arrow" and finally "poison". In most cases, toxico- means poison, but in a few situations it refers to the original meaning of "arrow", as in toxophilite and toxophily [love of or fondness for archery]. and shouldn't be confused with toxophil, toxophile [having an affinity for a toxin or "poison"].
neurotoxia
neurotoxic
nosointoxication
Any disease due to or associated with poisoning.
nosotoxic
Producing nosotoxicosis.
nosotoxicity
The quality of being nosotoxic.
nosotoxicosis
Any disease due to or associated with poisoning; a morbid state caused by a toxin.
nosotoxin
Any toxin causing or associated with disease.
ophiotoxemia, ophitoxemia
Poisoning from snake venom.
ophiotoxicology
1. The study of snake venom.
2. The toxicology of snake venoms.
ophiotoxin
Snake poison.
ophthalmotoxin
Any substance that has a toxic (poisonous) effect on the eyes.
ostreotoxism
ototoxic
1. Poisonous to the ear; applied particularly to drugs which are liable to cause such damage.
2. Having a detrimental effect on the organs of hearing.
ototoxicity
1. The quality of causing damage to the organs of hearing and balance.
2. Producing, involving, or having adverse effects on organs or nerves involved in hearing or balance.
parasuicide
A suicide attempt, or act of self-injury, that is motivated by a desire to draw attention to personal problems rather than by a genuine wish to die.
A cross reference of another word family that is related directly, or indirectly, with: "poison":
veno-;
viru-.
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