Toxic较复杂,除了真正的毒,还有The child appeared toxic on arrival at the hospital这种用法。这来自医疗用语:(medicine) Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems. (
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/toxic#English)
所以这里的toxic,除了poison、Infection,可不可以指人体内在病变引起的其它问题,要问医生们的共识了。