Synonyms for toxin
ˈtɒk sɪntox·in

Princeton's WordNet

1. toxinnoun

   a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species

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1. • Poison

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1. noxae

   causes harm to the body

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "toxin":

   toxins, toxic, poison

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1. Dave Asprey:

   When you blend low-toxin coffee with butter and octane oil (MCT oil), the butter turns off some of your food cravings and provides things the brain needs, including micronutrients, it turns off inflammation in the brain.

2. Andres Garchitorena:

   The way it creates the ulcers is that when it's inside your skin, it multiplies, and it produces a toxin, it mostly affects the fatty tissue. It starts generally with a small nodule, but over time, it opens up and creates an ulcer.

3. Zoltan Takacs:

   It takes seven to 25 years to develop a drug once you identify a toxin, people are always going to get sick, so you need new cures... snakes and other creatures can give you this life-saving medicine, Bryan Fry says.

4. Erin Michos:

   What we know about the dangers of this impurity comes primarily from laboratory studies. It is a toxin that can affect the liver and cause liver fibrosis or scarring and liver tumors in rats. So it is assumed to be toxic to humans, as well, in these animal studies, they usually give large quantities, so again, the risk is likely not the same equivalent in humans.

5. Paul Dawson:

   Staph is found on the hands and can cause food-borne infection by producing a toxin outside the body. Then you can ingest the toxin and get sick.