toxic compound

collocation in English

meaningsoftoxicandcompound

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toxic
adjective
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/ˈtɒk.sɪk/us
/ˈtɑːk.sɪk/
poisonous:
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compound
noun[C]
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/ˈkɒm.paʊnd/us
/ˈkɑːm.paʊnd/
chemistryspecialized
a chemical that combines two or ...
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(Definition oftoxicandcompoundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is an ill-smelling,toxiccompound.
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It is considered the mosttoxiccompoundof this family.
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It is atoxiccompound, because, like many alkyl halides, it is an alkylating agent.
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It is a verytoxiccompoundand should not be ingested.
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Ammonium chloride has also been used for forced acid diuresis but it is atoxiccompound.
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Thereby, the activated charcoal decreases the absorption of thetoxiccompound.
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Palytoxin is the firsttoxiccompoundfound to cause formation of a channel.
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Others must be bioactivated into atoxiccompoundthat will in turn bind to proteins.
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They survive, eventually determining that the illness resulted from atoxiccompoundof cyanide and smallpox.
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Helenalin is a highlytoxiccompound, with hepatic and lymphatic tissues particularly vulnerable to its effects.
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Apart from being a potenttoxiccompound, it may also be used in therapeutic ways.
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It is unstable and is easily hydrolyzed to thetoxiccompoundmonomethylhydrazine, a component of some rocket fuels.
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Tremetone is toxic to fish, but not to chicken, and is therefore not the majortoxiccompoundin tremetol.
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The maintoxiccompoundis the alkaloid, solasodine, with the highest content in the unripe green berry (2% - 3.5% dry weight).
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Urea is a lesstoxiccompoundthan ammonia; two nitrogen atoms are eliminated through it and less water is needed for its excretion.
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The incidence of thallium poisoning, intentional and accidental, increased when thallium (with its similarlytoxiccompound, thallium sulfate) was introduced to control rats and other pests.
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