poisonousness
Capacity to kill
Poisonousness is the quality of being poisonous—capable of causing harm, illness, or death through chemical action.
The word applies literally to substances and organisms: the poisonousness of certain mushrooms, the poisonousness of snake venom.
It extends to anything toxic or corrupting: the poisonousness of their rhetoric.
Causing death or ruin
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- mortalSubject to death
- virulentExtremely infectious or hostile
toxic · noxious · pernicious · deathly · terminal · killer · death cap · deadly nightshade
Producing injected toxins
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- snakebiteSerpent fang injury
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
neurotoxin · hemotoxin · viper · cobra · mamba · rattlesnake · adder · asp
Introduction of impurities
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- pollutantEnvironment-harming agent
- carcinogenCancer-promoting agent
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
herbicide · insecticide · biohazard · lead · mercury · cadmium · dioxin · asbestos
Disease-causing microorganism
- bacterialOf or from germs
- fungalOf or like mushrooms
- botulismBacterial food poisoning
- tetanusMuscle-stiffening bacterial disease
septic · infectious · salmonella · algal bloom · fugu · pufferfish · cassava · rhubarb leaves
fatal
Causing death or ruin
virulent · toxic · noxious · pernicious · deathly · terminal · killer · death cap · deadly nightshade · belladonna
venomous
Producing injected toxins
envenomation · neurotoxin · hemotoxin · viper · cobra · mamba · rattlesnake · adder · asp · scorpion
contamination
Introduction of impurities
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- pollutantEnvironment-harming agent
- carcinogenCancer-promoting agent
pesticide · herbicide · insecticide · biohazard · lead · mercury · cadmium · dioxin · asbestos · radiation
pathogen
Disease-causing microorganism
tetanus · septic · infectious · salmonella · algal bloom · fugu · pufferfish · cassava · rhubarb leaves · nightshade
poisonousnessharmlessness
Inability to cause damage
innocuousness · safety · nontoxicity · safeness · inoffensiveness
poisonousnesshealthfulness
Quality of promoting wellness
salubriousness · wholesomeness · nutritiousness · nourishment · healing properties
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