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noun
The toxicology of a substance towards a wide range of organisms or towards an ecosystem; the study of ecotoxicity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- French toxicologieder. English toxicology English ecotoxicology From eco- + toxicology.
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