What does toxicant mean?

Definitions for toxicant
ˈtɒk sɪ kənttox·i·cant

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word toxicant.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. poison, toxicant, poisonous substanceadjective

    any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

  2. poisonous, toxicantadjective

    having the qualities or effects of a poison

Wiktionary

  1. toxicantnoun

    A toxic or poisonous substance

  2. toxicantadjective

    Capable of causing damage by poisoning

Wikipedia

  1. Toxicant

    A toxicant is any toxic substance, whether man-made or naturally occurring. By contrast, a toxin is a poison produced naturally by an organism (e.g. plant, animal, insect). The different types of toxicants can be found in the air, soil, water, or food.

ChatGPT

  1. toxicant

    A toxicant is any substance or agent that can cause harm or have adverse effects upon living organisms, such as humans, animals, and plants, when they are exposed or come in contact with it. This damage can be physical or biochemical in nature, potentially leading to disease, disability, or death. Toxicants can be found in a variety of environments, including in the air, soil, or water, or in food or consumer products. Examples of toxicants include lead, mercury, pesticides, some pharmaceuticals, and certain natural compounds.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Toxicantnoun

    a poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant

Wikidata

  1. Toxicant

    A toxicant is a type of poison that is made by humans or introduced into the environment by human activity. This is in contrast to a toxin, which is a poison produced naturally by an organism.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of toxicant in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of toxicant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of toxicant in a Sentence

  1. John Pickett:

    We see this as heralding a process of controlling insects without necessarily using a spray-on toxicant insecticide, it's the beginning of an alternative approach.

  2. Ed Kolodziej:

    We believe that 6PPD-quinone is the primary causal toxicant for these observations of coho salmon mortality in the field, it's exciting to start to understand what is happening because that starts to allow us to manage these problems more effectively.

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