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Webster 1913 Edition

Toxicology

Toxˊi-col′o-gy

,

Noun.

[Gr.

τοξικόν

poison +

-logy

; cf. F.

toxicologie

. See

. ]

The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.

Webster 1828 Edition

Toxicology

TOXICOL'OGY

,

Noun.

[Gr. poison, and discourse.] A discourse on poisons; or the doctrine of poisons.

Definition 2024

toxicology

toxicology

English

Noun

toxicology ‎(countable and uncountable, plural toxicologies)

(sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.

Translations

scientific study of poisons and poisoning

Chinese:
Mandarin: 毒物學 (zh), 毒物学 (zh) ‎(dúwùxué)
Czech: toxikologie f
Dutch: toxicologie (nl) f
Finnish: toksikologia (fi), myrkkyoppi
French: toxicologie (fr) f
German: Toxikologie (de) f, Giftkunde f
Hungarian: toxikológia (hu)
Irish: tocsaineolaíocht f
Italian: tossicologia (it) f
Japanese: 毒物学 ‎(どくぶつがく, dokubutsugaku)
Korean: 독물학 ‎(dongmulhak) (毒物學)
Persian: زهرشناسی ‎(zahr-šenâsi)

Polish: toksykologia (pl) f
Portuguese: toxicologia (pt) f
Romanian: toxicologie (ro) f
Russian: токсиколо́гия (ru) f ‎(toksikológija)
Scottish Gaelic: eòlas-nimh m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: токсиколо̀гија f

Roman: toksikològija (sh) f
Spanish: toxicología (es) f
Swedish: toxikologi (sv) c
Tagalog: dalublasunan
Tajik: заҳршиносӣ (tg) ‎(zahršinosī)

Related terms

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