毒物|どくぶつdokubutsu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounpoisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
   正まさしく使用しようされると、ある毒物どくぶつは有用ゆうようだとわかるだろう。↗

   Properly used, certain poisons will prove beneficial.

• Synonym毒どくNeutralThe everyday, most widely used word for poison; also figurative for harmful things, as in 「目の毒」. 「毒物」 is the more formal legal and chemical term.
• Synonym毒薬どくやくNeutralA poisonous drug; legally, a drug whose effects are stronger than those of 「劇薬」. 「毒物」 covers any toxic substance, not just medicines.
• Antonym解毒剤げどくざいNeutralAntonym: an antidote, a drug that neutralizes poison taken into the body — the opposite of toxic 「毒物」.

Use 「毒物」 for substances poisonous to living things; it leans legal and chemical, as in 「毒物劇物取締法」 and 「毒物混入事件」. In daily speech say 「毒」; for poisonous drugs say 「毒薬」; the antonym is 「解毒剤」.

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1. 生体せいたいにとって毒性どくせいがある物質ぶっしつ。