toxicology
(tɒksɪˈkɒlədʒɪ)
[= F. toxicologie (1812 in Hatz.-Darm.), f. Gr. τοξικόν taken in sense ‘poison’ (see toxicum) and -logy.]
The science of poisons; that department of pathology or medicine which deals with the nature and effects of poisons. So ˌtoxicoˈlogical a., belonging or relating to toxicology (sometimes erron. used for toxical). Thence ˌtoxicoˈlogically adv., in relation to toxicology; toxiˈcologist, a person versed in toxicology, one who studies poisons.
| 1839 Blackw. Mag. XLV. 59 To guess whether the *toxicological agent..was a mineral, a vegetable, or an animal poison. 1842 Brande Dict. Sc., etc. s.v. Toxicology, We have elsewhere..referred to their toxicological history. c 1865 J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 320/2 In toxicological analyses. |
| 1882 Springmuhl in Standard 23 Mar. 2/2 It differs *toxicologically and constitutionally from pure Aconitine. |
| 1829–32 R. Christison Treat. Poison xiii. (ed. 2) 387 The rule laid down by almost all modern *toxicologists. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 876. |
| 1799 Hooper Med. Dict., *Toxicology,..a dissertation on poisons. 1853 W. Gregory Inorg. Chem. (ed. 3) 230 The reader is referred to the works on toxicology and legal medicine. |