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toxicology

[ tok-si-kol-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. the science dealing with the effects, antidotes, detection, etc., of poisons.


toxicology

/ ˌtɒksɪˈkɒlədʒɪ; ˌtɒksɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

  1. the branch of science concerned with poisons, their nature, effects, and antidotes


toxicology

/ tŏk′sĭ-kŏlə-jē /

  1. 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], toxi·co·logic adjective
  • toxi·co·logi·cal·ly adverb
  • toxi·colo·gist noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of toxicology1

First recorded in 1790–1800; toxico- + -logy

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Example Sentences

He also vowed to release more information but said, in the words of the newspaper, “there was a chance there might not have been a toxicology test taken.”

A toxicology report prepared by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Raleigh obtained by The Daily Beast also revealed no drugs found in his system or any evidence of previous substance abuse.

A toxicology report showed five drugs in his system, including a sleep aid and two painkillers, one of them an opioid.

Woods would have been subject to a toxicology report at the hospital where his injuries were treated, but the department did not seek a warrant for the report.

Using a list of banned or restricted ingredients used in other countries with tougher regulations on beauty products, as well as ingredients flagged by toxicology groups, the website lets you see up close and personal what’s inside of your products.

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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