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The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons
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toxicology
Word definitions for toxicology in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Toxicology \Tox`i*col"o*gy\, n. [Gr. toxiko`n poison + -logy; cf. F. toxicologie. See Toxic . ] The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context sciences pharmacology English) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Toxicology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the adverse effects of xenobiotics on the health of humans and other animals. It is affiliated with the German Toxicology Society.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Evaluating the toxicology of any new pesticide is now so expensive that few new compounds are reaching the market. ▪ For this position a sound training in toxicology in general is essential and some experience in industry would ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1815, from French toxicologie (1812), from comb. form of Greek toxikon "arrow poison" (see toxic ) + -logia (see -logy ). Related: Toxicological ; toxicologist .
Usage examples of toxicology.
We have heard his toxicology report, his findings of alcohol and barbiturates in the bloodstream.
Toxicology reported a high concentration in the blood of sildenafil citrate.
He wrote Locusta at the toxicology academy he had set up for her, and received several samples of their latest research.
What would this master cracksman, this polished wielder of the oxy-acetylene blow-pipe, this expert in toxicology, microscopy and physics think of his callow outpourings!
These trained doctors, nurses, and paramedical technicians, and engaged in continuous research on each planet into local diseases, local materia medica, parasitology, epidemiology, toxicology, and a variety of other topics in public health.
He turned to the toxicology section, which had graphs of the results of the gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy of blood, cerebrospinal fiuid, and urine.
There were entire sections devoted to insanity and cretinism, social and criminal pathology, suicide, pauperism and philanthropy, prison reform, prostitution and morphinism, capital punishment, abnormal psychology, legal codes, the argot of the underworld and code writing, toxicology, and police methods.
Rather than getting a PhD in toxicology, why not get rid of the toxic sprays altogether?
Science University in Portland that did the toxicology analysis in death investigations for the Oregon State Medical Examiners Office.
The toxicology lab reported finding no alcohol in her system and no opiates in her blood, though traces of some of her prescribed medications were detected.
It also included the toxicology section with the gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy graphs.
Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself.
The couples, for example, were recreational drug users and had met up with a dealer selling some new and pernicious designer drug that could not be detected through routine toxicology tests.
He had assimilated vast quantities of basic science, linguistic and communication theory, astronautics, space and energy technology, biometrics, meteorology, geology, toxicology.
The toxicology alert ended in a dying warble as an even more potent counter-agent went after the half-formed toxin, and the amber-haired woman slumped back on the table, still and inert once more while the injured surgeon sobbed in agony and his fellows stared at one another in shock.