Toxic substances are materials that are poisonous to living organisms. There are hundreds of thousands of artificial and natural toxic substances, also known as toxins, that are found in solid, liquid, or gaseous form. Toxic substances damage living...

Poisons and Toxins Substances that cause illness or death in living things. A poison is a chemical that causes some dysfunction, or toxic reaction, in a person or other living thing. By definition, a toxin is a poisonous chemical of biological origin,...

A poison is a compound that produces a deleterious change on or in the body. There are a large number of known poisons, with a myriad of effects. Toxicity is a general term used to indicate adverse effects produced by poisons. These adverse effects can...

A substance that, when introduced into the body in relatively small quantities, causes destruction or malfunction of some tissues and organs. Depending on the quantity in the body (the dose), a poison can kill. The word poison usually implies that a...

Any substance (natural or synthetic) that, at a certain dosage, damages living tissues and injures or kills. Poisons spontaneously produced by living organisms are often called toxins, venoms if produced by animals. Poisons may be ingested, inhaled,...

A poison embitters much sweetness. (English) Another man’s poison is not necessarily yours. (English) Control poison with poison. (Japanese) Deadly poisons are concealed under sweet honey. (Roman) Do not drink poison to quench a thirst. (Arabian)...

the scum produced during the churning of the cosmic ocean and drunk by Śiva who thus became (Bluethroat). A remnant of the poison was drunk by the serpent Vāsuki and the fumes from it were absorbed by vegetation. As a result some snakes and...

In the context of biology, poisons are substances that can cause damage, illness, or death to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism. Paracelsus, the father...