Word of the Day-nocuous

nocuous \NOK-yoo-uhs\, adjective:

very hurtful; noxious

The most important conclusions are that the bile of nocuous or venomous serpents is the most powerful antidote to venom.
-- Nature, May-October 1898

"Let us take for example a nocuous stimulus, such as a strong electric current or wounding or cauterization of the skin."
-- Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Conditioned Reflexes

noxious obnoxious OPP: innocuous

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