toxicoidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From toxic +‎ -oid.

形容詞

toxicoid (not comparable)

1. (biology, medicine, rare, dated) Resembling a toxin but not the same.

使用する際の注意点

Do not confuse toxicoid (a まれに, dated word meaning "resembling a toxin") with toxoid (a common word meaning a weakened derivative of a toxin that is helpful because it can immunize someone against the toxin itself, whose effects are much worse). The words are etymologically related, but the meaning of toxoid more specifically as an immunizing weakened derivative is long since firmly established.

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• intoxicate
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• toxicant
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• toxoid