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Noun: toxicology  `tók-su'kó-lu-jee
  1. The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons

Derived forms: toxicologies

See also: toxicologic, toxicologist

Type of: materia medica, pharmacological medicine, pharmacology

Encyclopedia: Toxicology