toxin
noun/ˈtɑksɪn/
Frequency rank: #9,593 most common English word
Meaning
a poisonous substance produced by a living organism or released by certain chemicals
Example sentence
Scientists discovered that the water supply had been contaminated with toxin from industrial waste.
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