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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

  • In South Dakota, non-tox is not mandatory on the grass lands though it is on Game Production Areas and Waterfowl Production Areas.

    Should Non-Toxic Shot Be Mandatory for Doves? 2009

  • 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.

    Should Non-Toxic Shot Be Mandatory for Doves? 2009

  • In South Dakota, non-tox is not mandatory on the grass lands though it is on Game Production Areas and Waterfowl Production Areas.

    Should Non-Toxic Shot Be Mandatory for Doves? 2009

  • 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.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

  • 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

  • "The case isn't complete until we get the 'tox' back."

    dispatch.com: RSS 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The tox screen came back with high levels of a cancer-treatment drug called Nexavar.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

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