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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

毒性

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dùxìng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Toxicity/tɒkˈsɪs.ə.ti/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这种化学物质的毒性非常高。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being toxic or poisonous.

    "The high toxicity of the chemical makes it dangerous to handle without protective gear."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin toxicitas, stemming from Medieval Latin toxicus (poisonous), from Ancient Latin toxicum (poison), which traces back to Greek toxikon (poison for arrows, from toxon bow). The term evolved in scientific contexts to measure the degree to which a substance can damage an organism, and later expanded into psychological and social domains.

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