TOXIC


Meaning of TOXIC in English

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. toxon bow, toxa arrows

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.