Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison;
- Example: "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Toxic \Tox"ic\, Toxical \Tox"ic*al\, a. [L. toxicum poison,
originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr.
toxiko`n (sc. ?) poison for smearing arrows with, fr.
toxiko`s of or for the bow, from to`xon bow, arrow. Cf.
Intoxicate.]
Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
toxic
adj 1: of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison;
"suffering from exposure to toxic substances" [ant:
atoxic, nontoxic]