Toxicology

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  toxicology
       n : the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and
           effects and treatments of poisons

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "toxicology":
     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