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Its scientific name, '' Toxicodendron radicans '', comes from the Latin word "toxicum," which literally means "poison."
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Toxicodendron radicans, comes from the Latin word "toxicum," which literally means
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Toxicodendron radicans, comes from the Latin word "toxicum," which literally means
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Its scientific name, '' Toxicodendron radicans '', comes from the Latin word "toxicum," which literally means "poison."
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In the first week after the birth, some newborns develop red blotches with waxy yellow or white pimples in the middle erythema toxicum.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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In the first week after the birth, some newborns develop red blotches with waxy yellow or white pimples in the middle erythema toxicum.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Vescuntur veratro coturnices quod hominibus toxicum est.
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_Nos omnes biberimus viridum toxicum diabolus capiat posterioria nostria_.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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The term _intoxicating_ applied to beverages containing it refers to its poisonous nature, the word being derived from the Greek _toxicon_, which signifies a _bow_ or an _arrow_; the barbarians poisoned their arrows, hence, _toxicum_ in Latin was used to signify poison; from this comes the English term _toxicology_, which is the science treating of _poisons_.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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"Somnum facit adeo profundum ut impune pudicitia puelloe violari possit, quoe hoc toxicum sumserit."
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