English translation of "toxiques" - "[here] toxicants / toxic substances"

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20 months ago

Rosa (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	toxiques
Context:	Traitement [liste des médicaments] Toxiques Buvait 3 verres par jour, pas actuellement Pas d'autre toxique * Anamnèse, histoire pondérale Difficile à retracer (troubles cognitifs, troubles mnésiques) Actuellement hospitalisée depuis le mois dernier Is this just "toxins"? Are they referring to the patient's former alcohol consumption/problems? I haven't seen this on a medical report before
Keywords:	évaluation psychiatrique

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20 months ago

Ffion Marianne wrote:

Toxic substances or toxins

20 months ago

CMD wrote:

[here] toxicants / toxic substances

My comment:

NB (!) cf https://www.dictionnaire-medical.fr/definitions/465-toxique/

NB (!) toxicant or toxic substance vs. toxin
cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicant#:~:text=A%20toxicant%20is%20any%20toxic,soil%2C%20water%2C%20or%20food.
cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxin

toxin => def. as complex usually unstable substance that is a metabolic product of a living organism as a bacterium
cf Webster Encycl. Dict.)
cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxin

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20 months ago

CMD wrote:

...in this context, "toxiques" are just not, precisely no "toxins" [because toxins = poisonous (harmful) substances especially produced by bacteria!!].

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