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Toxicant

A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.

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Similar meaning 2

Toxic 84% connected

Alt. of Toxical

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Toxic 84% connected

Alt. of Toxical

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Narrower term 4

Atropine 76% connected

A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. I…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hyoscyamine 76% connected

An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Selenite 76% connected

A salt of selenious acid.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Toxin 76% connected

Alt. of Toxine

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Broader term 1

Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Synonym 2

Poison 92% connected

Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a dea…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Poisonous 92% connected

Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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