toxicology
noun
the science dealing with the effects, antidotes, detection, etc., of poisons.
toxicologically
-
a word derived from
toxicology.
Example Sentences
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Alkaloids, bodies of vegetable origin, similar in their properties, as well as toxicologically, to alkalies; contain as a rule carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen; many of them are poisonous and invaluable in medicine.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
The most important salt of mercury, toxicologically, is corrosive sublimate.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson
