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toxicologist

American  
[tahk-si-kah-luhj-ist] / ˌtɑk sɪˈkɑ lədʒ ɪst /

noun

  1. a specialist or student in toxicology.


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The toxicologist said in a Feb. 12 deposition that he had been asked for that type of test only five times in his 17-year career.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

But toxicologist Dr Stephen Morley, giving evidence for the defence, said the levels in the victim's blood were "three times what toxicologists would be comfortable with", describing them as "likely to be fatal".

From BBC Apr. 24, 2025

“Having human data showing an effect like that … it’s a rare thing,” said Jinot, the former EPA statistician and toxicologist.

From Salon Dec. 9, 2024

The word “has a negative connotation in our popular lexicon; ‘natural’ has a positive connotation, when those words are not inherently negative or positive,” Ryan Marino, a medical toxicologist and physician, told me.

From Slate Sep. 29, 2024

As a toxicologist he had a high reputation, and his expert testimony usually carried the day in cases wherein he was called.

From The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University by Robert Peter

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