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The ancient Greek roots of the term Toxic
In ancient Greek literature the adjective toxic (Greek: τoξικόν) derives from the noun τόξo, that is the arc. This noun according to the Liddell – Scott – Jones lexicon had several meanings. Apart from the meaning that someone is able to use a bow or the military department of the archers, the medic...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122150/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026561 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.04.010 |
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| author | Laios, Konstantinos Michaleas, Spyros N. Tsoucalas, Gregory Papalampros, Alexandros Androutsos, George |
| author_facet | Laios, Konstantinos Michaleas, Spyros N. Tsoucalas, Gregory Papalampros, Alexandros Androutsos, George |
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| description | In ancient Greek literature the adjective toxic (Greek: τoξικόν) derives from the noun τόξo, that is the arc. This noun according to the Liddell – Scott – Jones lexicon had several meanings. Apart from the meaning that someone is able to use a bow or the military department of the archers, the medical context of the term is that a substance has the characteristic of a poison. This concept of the term survived until today with little differentiation. |
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| spelling | pubmed-81221502021-05-21 The ancient Greek roots of the term Toxic Laios, Konstantinos Michaleas, Spyros N. Tsoucalas, Gregory Papalampros, Alexandros Androutsos, George Toxicol Rep Toxicology and Redox Biology under the frame of their historical evolution In ancient Greek literature the adjective toxic (Greek: τoξικόν) derives from the noun τόξo, that is the arc. This noun according to the Liddell – Scott – Jones lexicon had several meanings. Apart from the meaning that someone is able to use a bow or the military department of the archers, the medical context of the term is that a substance has the characteristic of a poison. This concept of the term survived until today with little differentiation. Elsevier 2021-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8122150/ /pubmed/34026561 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.04.010 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| spellingShingle | Toxicology and Redox Biology under the frame of their historical evolution Laios, Konstantinos Michaleas, Spyros N. Tsoucalas, Gregory Papalampros, Alexandros Androutsos, George The ancient Greek roots of the term Toxic |
| title | The ancient Greek roots of the term Toxic |
| title_full | The ancient Greek roots of the term Toxic |
| title_fullStr | The ancient Greek roots of the term Toxic |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ancient Greek roots of the term Toxic |
| title_short | The ancient Greek roots of the term Toxic |
| title_sort | ancient greek roots of the term toxic |
| topic | Toxicology and Redox Biology under the frame of their historical evolution |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122150/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026561 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.04.010 |
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