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The dose makes the poison, said Paracelsus, ruining everyone's excuse ever since.

means The degree to which something is poisonous or harmful — how much damage it can do to a body, a mind, or a group of people.

from Traces back through Latin 'toxicum' (poison) to Greek 'toxikon,' which meant 'poison for arrows' — itself from 'toxon,' meaning bow. The lethal stuff coated the arrowhead before it ever entered the bloodstream of the language; 'toxic' didn't start out medical, it started out military.

origin
from Greek toxikon, meaning arrow poison
water fact
even water kills you past 6 liters fast
online use
borrowed to describe people, not chemicals
measurement
LD50 ranks lethality by dose per bodyweight
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