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toxicology
[ tok-si-kol-uh-jee ]
noun
- the science dealing with the effects, antidotes, detection, etc., of poisons.
toxicology
/ ˌtɒksɪˈkɒlədʒɪ; ˌtɒksɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /
noun
- the branch of science concerned with poisons, their nature, effects, and antidotes
toxicology
/ tŏk′sĭ-kŏl′ə-jē /
- The scientific study of poisons, of their effects and detection, and of the treatment of poisoning.
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Derived Forms
- ˌtoxiˈcologist, noun
- ˌtoxicoˈlogically, adverb
- toxicological, adjective
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Other Words From
- tox·i·co·log·i·cal [tok-si-k, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], toxi·co·logic adjective
- toxi·co·logi·cal·ly adverb
- toxi·colo·gist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of toxicology1
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Example Sentences
His autopsy was inconclusive and toxicology tests are pending.
Results of the autopsy weren't available yet and a toxicology report is not expected for six to eight weeks.
Toxicology reports and the fact that she was doing handstands at the hotel pool indicated the opposite.
Several toxicology reports later determined Atencio had no drugs in his system.
The toxicology tests found no drugs or alcohol in her blood.
During this intimacy she attained a dangerous knowledge of toxicology.
Matthieu Joseph Bonaventura Orfila must be considered the father of modern toxicology.
Undoubtedly the most complete work on Toxicology in our language.
In point of fact, he did learn to avoid them; and such evidence implied, as has been said, an elementary knowledge of toxicology.
The poisons of rafflesia, muscarine, and orsere are introduced in his fictions; somewhere he devotes an essay to toxicology.
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