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toxicology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌtɒksɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tox

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pharmacology, pharmacological medicine, materia medica

History

Etymology

From French toxicologie, equivalent to toxico- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: toksikologie — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Arabic: عِلْم السُّمُوم (ʕilm as-sumūm) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Armenian: թունագիտություն (tʻunagitutʻyun) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Asturian: toxicoloxía — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Bashkir: токсикология (toksikologiya) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Belarusian: таксікало́гія (taksikalóhija) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Bulgarian: токсиколо́гия (toksikológija) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Catalan: toxicologia — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Chinese: 毒性學 /毒性学 (to̍k-sèng-ha̍k) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒物學 /毒物学 (dúwùxué) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒理學 /毒理学 (dúlǐxué) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Czech: toxikologie — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Dutch: toxicologie — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Finnish: toksikologia — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Finnish: myrkkyoppi — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • French: toxicologie — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Galician: toxicoloxía — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • German: Toxikologie — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • German: Giftkunde — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Greek: τοξικολογία (toxikología) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Hungarian: toxikológia — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Indonesian: toksikologi — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Irish: tocsaineolaíocht — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Italian: tossicologia — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Japanese: 毒物学 (dokubutsugaku) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Kazakh: токсикология (toksikologiä) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Korean: 독물학 (dongmulhak) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Kyrgyz: токсикология (toksikologiya) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Latin: toxicologia — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Malay: toksikologi — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Persian: زهرشناسی (zahr-šenâsi) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Polish: toksykologia — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Portuguese: toxicologia — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Romanian: toxicologie — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Russian: токсиколо́гия (toksikológija) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Scottish Gaelic: eòlas-nimh — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Serbo-Croatian: токсиколо̀гија — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Serbo-Croatian: toksikològija — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Spanish: toxicología — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Swahili: toksikolojia — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Swedish: toxikologi — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Tagalog: dalublasunan — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Tajik: заҳршиносӣ (zahršinosi) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Tamil: நச்சியல் (nacciyal) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Telugu: టాక్సికాలజీ (ṭāksikālajī) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Thai: พิษวิทยา — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Ukrainian: токсиколо́гія (toksykolóhija) — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Vietnamese: độc chất học — scientific study of poisons and poisoning
  • Welsh: tocsicoleg — scientific study of poisons and poisoning