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Definition of "toxicogenic" []

  • Producing poison or toxic substances. (adjective)
  • Derived from or containing toxic matter. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "toxicogenic" in a sentence
  • "They concluded that toxicogenic theory fails all these criteria, with there being “no convincing evidence to support the fundamental postulate that IEI has a toxic aetiology” and that “the hypothesised biological processes and mechanisms are implausible”.8 Moreover, they also concluded that “psychogenic theory meets all of the criteria directly or indirectly”, being “characterised by a progressive research programme including double-blind, placebo-controlled provocation challenge studies”."