Meanings
nountoxicologist (plural toxicologists)
plural toxicologists
- A scientist or physician who specializes in toxicology.
Toxicologists at the Taft Laboratory at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) here are dosing mice with poppers to solve the baffling mystery of diseases which are killing gay men.
1982 April 10, John Zeh, “Mice Test Poppers”, in Gay Community News, page 3
Origin
- Frenchtoxicologie
- Englishtoxicology
- Englishtoxicologist
From toxicology + -ist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan toxicòleg
- toxicòlegscientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
Danish toksikolog
- toksikologscientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
Dutch toxicoloog
- toxicoloogscientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
Finnish toksikologi
- toksikologiscientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
French toxicologue
- toxicologuescientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
German Toxikologe, Toxikologin
- Toxikologescientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
- Toxikologinscientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
Hungarian toxikológus
- toxikológusscientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
Italian tossicologo, tossicologa
- tossicologoscientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
- tossicologascientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
Polish toksykolog
- toksykologscientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
Portuguese toxicologista, toxicólogo
- toxicologistascientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
- toxicólogoscientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
Russian токсико́лог
- токсико́лог (toksikólog)scientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
Spanish toxicólogo, toxicóloga
- toxicólogoscientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
- toxicólogascientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
Swedish toxikolog
- toxikologscientist or physician who speciality is toxicology
Cite this entry
APA
toxicologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxicologist
MLA
“toxicologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxicologist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toxicologist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxicologist.
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