"acute toxicity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: acute toxicities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acute toxicity (countable and uncountable, plural acute toxicities)
  1. The ability of a substance to cause harmful effects soon after a single exposure or dose. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acute_toxicity-en-noun-DnX~ujSk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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