Toxicology

Noun

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

Thesaurus
acaricide, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic, bug bomb, carbamate insecticide, chemosterilant, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, contact poison, defoliant, disinfectant, eradicant, fumigant, fungicide, germicide, herbicide, insect powder, insecticide, microbicide, miticide, organic chlorine, organic phosphate insecticide, pesticide, poison, rat poison, roach paste, roach powder, rodenticide, stomach poison, systemic, systemic insecticide, toxic, toxicant, toxin, venin, venom, vermicide, virus, weed killer

Etymology
From toxicologie: < toxico-: + -logie:.

Translations

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 * Finnish: toksikologia, myrkkyoppi
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 * Japanese: 毒物学 (どくぶつがく, dokubutsugaku)
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 * Russian: токсикология
 * Scottish Gaelic: eòlas-nimh
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Related terms

 * toxicologist