Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the sponges, a skeletal element or spicule of monaxial type, which has the form of a double-curved rod or Cupid's bow.
- noun An abbreviation of
toxicology .
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- abbreviation
toxicity
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Examples
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In South Dakota, non-tox is not mandatory on the grass lands though it is on Game Production Areas and Waterfowl Production Areas.
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I am neither afraid of having to shoot non-toxic shot at doves (the shells work and all my guns are steel-friendly) nor am I 100% convinced no-tox is necessary, so I will be keeping an open mind and following this Texas survey with considerable interest.
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In South Dakota, non-tox is not mandatory on the grass lands though it is on Game Production Areas and Waterfowl Production Areas.
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I am neither afraid of having to shoot non-toxic shot at doves (the shells work and all my guns are steel-friendly) nor am I 100% convinced no-tox is necessary, so I will be keeping an open mind and following this Texas survey with considerable interest.
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With water boiled in basket pots until the tannin tox is gone.
UMAI AND THE LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WATER Maggie Jochild 2007
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"The case isn't complete until we get the 'tox' back."
dispatch.com: RSS 2009
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She faxes the tox screen from the ER and updates him on the medications Harry needs to be receiving.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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Methadone, I have learned, has a structure that is different enough from heroin that it is not picked up by a tox screen, so this last positive urine test was also the last time she was high, the last time she had a needle in her arm or between her toes.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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He worries that if he agrees, he will be made to return to prison, so the ER staff has him pee in a cup and they document the negative urine tox before giving him the drugs.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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The tox screen came back with high levels of a cancer-treatment drug called Nexavar.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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