POISONOUS SUBSTANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poisonous substance mean? 

• POISONOUS SUBSTANCE (noun)
  The noun POISONOUS SUBSTANCE has 1 sense:

1. any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

  Familiarity information: POISONOUS SUBSTANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POISONOUS SUBSTANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

poison; poisonous substance; toxicant

Hypernyms ("poisonous substance" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poisonous substance"):

atropine (a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides)

hyoscyamine (a poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent); used to treat excess motility of the gastrointestinal tract)

toxin (a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species)

 Context examples 

Researchers found that steaming freshwater fish for more than two minutes reduces the presence of cylindrospermopsin, a poisonous substance, by up to 26%.

(Steaming Fish More Healthy than Boiling, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)