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toxicology

UK/ˌtɒksɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/US/ˌtɒksɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/
nounC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #8,195 of 15,258neutral

Toxicology is the study of poisons and their effects. Forensic toxicology, a toxicology report, the toxicology lab.

Its working rule is that the dose makes the poison, since almost anything is harmful in a large enough amount. In court a toxicology report often decides what happened.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration · Public domain

Definitions of toxicology

  1. 1nountoxicologyThe study of poisons and their effects.C1

    “The inquest was adjourned until the toxicology results came back.”

toxicology is a science.

Where it comes from

French toxicologie is built on Greek toxikon, arrow poison, from toxon, a bow, plus -logia, study.

  1. French

    toxicologie

  2. English, today

    toxicology

From French toxicologie. From French toxicologie, equivalent to toxico- + -logy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

toxicology in the wild

  • The relationship between dose and its effects on the exposed organism is of high significance in toxicology.

    Toxicology

  • There is a movement for evidence-based toxicology as part of the larger movement towards evidence-based practices.

    Toxicology

  • In toxicology, the lethal dose (LD) is an indication of the lethal toxicity of a given substance or type of radiation.

    Lethal dose

  • Recent advances in forensic toxicology have expanded the field past traditional laboratory analysis to on-site rapid drug detection.

    Forensic toxicology

  • Postmortem toxicology involves analyzing biological specimens obtained during an autopsy to identify the impact of drugs, alcohol, and poisons.

    Forensic toxicology

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