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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

毒性反応

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dokusei hannō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Toxic reaction/ˈtɒksɪk riˈækʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その化学物質は深刻な毒性反応を引き起こした。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An adverse physiological response resulting from exposure to a poison, toxin, or an excessive dose of a substance or medication.

    "The patient experienced a severe toxic reaction after accidentally ingesting the cleaning chemical."
  2. 2

    A strong, harmful, or deeply negative emotional or psychological response to a situation or environment.

    "The controversial policy change triggered a toxic reaction among the company's employees."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'toxic', derived from the Late Latin toxicum ('poison', from Greek toxikon), and 'reaction', from Late Latin re- ('again') + actio ('action'). Together, the phrase emerged in medical and scientific literature during the late 19th century to describe physiological or chemical responses to poisons.

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