identify deadly toxin symptoms

verb phrase

  1. To recognize or determine which physical or mental signs are caused by a poisonous substance that may be fatal.

    C1

    transitive; often followed by symptoms or symptoms of a toxinformal

    • "Doctors must quickly identify deadly toxin symptoms after the chemical leak."B2
    • "Knowing how to identify symptoms of a deadly toxin can help people seek emergency treatment sooner."C1

Common mistakes

  • identify deadly toxin symptoms→identify symptoms of a deadly toxin

    The revised wording is usually clearer because it shows that the toxin causes the symptoms.

Collocations

identify symptomsdeadly toxintoxic exposureseek emergency treatmentrecognize symptoms

Word family

identifyidentificationtoxintoxicsymptom