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toxin

noun as in poison

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In this understanding, art is like a medicine or a toxin, transforming its audience for good or ill.

In fact Botulinum Toxin is a lethal substance that can cause botulism, a life-threatening illness.

The same toxin that causes this “pseudomembrane” to form can also damage organs like the heart and kidneys.

Though she has clarified that she “and the autism community” are not anti-vaccine per se, they are “anti-toxin and anti-schedule.”

It presumes “that art is an instrument like medicine or a toxin that can be injected into us and transform us.”

It does, however, unite with the toxin or poison given off by the germs and renders it entirely harmless.

The severe cramp from which athletes are liable to suffer is due to an accumulation of this toxin.

Get out bandages, have hot water, make the hypodermics ready and mix some strong morphia and anti-toxin solution.

This "control" then serves to demonstrate the freedom of the toxin from living bacteria.

We encourage the enterprising doctor in his giddy chase after the nimble dollar, as he produces anti-toxin serums to order.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to toxin, such as: contamination, germ, infection, venom, virus, and blight.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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