Poisonous substance
Poisonous substance noun - Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism.
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Synonyms for Poisonous substance
Toxin and poisonous substance are semantically related in venom topic. In some cases you can use "Toxin" instead a noun phrase "Poisonous substance".
Toxin
Toxin noun - A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species.
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Synonyms for Toxin
Poisonous substance and toxin are semantically related in poison topic. You can use "Poisonous substance" instead a noun "Toxin", if it concerns topics such as venom.
Nearby Word: toxic
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- germ and poisonous substance
- germ and toxin
- poison and poisonous substance
- poison and toxin
- blight and poisonous substance
- blight and toxin
- bane and poisonous substance
- bane and toxin
- infection and poisonous substance
- infection and toxin
- cancer and poisonous substance
- cancer and toxin
- contamination and poisonous substance
- contamination and toxin
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