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are toxins and venom classified as poison or are poison and venom classified as toxin??

i really don't understand. please help me the meaning and the differences among these three. are they just the same?

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venom is essentially means a biological poison from animals like snakes and is a protein in nature.

poison is general term for substances that are harmful or may be lethal in small amounts to any type of living organisms that may be from chemical or biological source.

toxin is a general term applied to anything which is harmful to living organisms and is produced by microorganisms and even by plants and animals. toxin is generally a protein.
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A material that causes damage is toxic or poisonous.
A Chemical and material can also be theraputic or helpful.
A standard phrase in toxicology is "Dose makes the poison".

Is aspirin a poison? not if you take the right amount of it.
Too much can cause health problems, harm to the body- it can have a toxic effect.

Cobra venom is used to treat skin rashes in animal. Is it a poison?  
It does contain toxins, but is the dose enough to poison?

Things to look up:

So what is a toxin?  Are there classes of toxins?
Where are venoms found? What are venoms made of?
What is a poison?
Keep learning!
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