toxicology
noun
the science dealing with the effects, antidotes, detection, etc., of poisons.
toxicological
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a word derived from
toxicology.
Example Sentences
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Additional toxicological testing, human clinical trials, and standardized preparation methods are still required to confirm safety, effectiveness, and quality.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2025
The oil has “a safer profile with highly reduced toxicological risk,” the company’s scientific director, Grégoire Hervé, said at a conference in London last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
"The probable causes of death appear to be medical and/or toxicological," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
SpaceX said in a post on X that independent tests performed on the material used in Starships confirm that it “does not present any chemical, biological or toxicological risks.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
His specialty, cremations, removed all possibility of pathological or toxicological investigation weeks afterward, when public suspicion became aroused.
From Cupid's Middleman by Edward B. Lent
