Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.
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Origin
- Frenchtoxicologie
- Englishtoxicology
From French toxicologie, equivalent to toxico- + -logy.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans toksikologie
- toksikologiescientific study of poisons and poisoning
Arabic عِلْم السُّمُوم
- عِلْم السُّمُوم (ʕilm as-sumūm)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
Bulgarian токсиколо́гия
- токсиколо́гия (toksikológija)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
Catalan toxicologia
- toxicologiascientific study of poisons and poisoning
Chinese Mandarin 毒物學 /毒物学, 毒理學 /毒理学
- 毒物學 /毒物学 (dúwùxué)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
- 毒理學 /毒理学 (dúlǐxué)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
Czech toxikologie
- toxikologiescientific study of poisons and poisoning
Dutch toxicologie
- toxicologiescientific study of poisons and poisoning
Finnish toksikologia, myrkkyoppi
- toksikologiascientific study of poisons and poisoning
- myrkkyoppiscientific study of poisons and poisoning
French toxicologie
- toxicologiescientific study of poisons and poisoning
German Toxikologie, Giftkunde
- Toxikologiescientific study of poisons and poisoning
- Giftkundescientific study of poisons and poisoning
Greek τοξικολογία
- τοξικολογία (toxikología)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
Hungarian toxikológia
- toxikológiascientific study of poisons and poisoning
Indonesian toksikologi
- toksikologiscientific study of poisons and poisoning
Irish tocsaineolaíocht
- tocsaineolaíochtscientific study of poisons and poisoning
Italian tossicologia
- tossicologiascientific study of poisons and poisoning
Japanese 毒物学
- 毒物学 (dokubutsugaku)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
Korean 독물학
- 독물학 (dongmulhak)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
Latin toxicologia
- toxicologiascientific study of poisons and poisoning
Malay toksikologi
- toksikologiscientific study of poisons and poisoning
Persian زهرشناسی
- زهرشناسی (zahr-šenâsi)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
Polish toksykologia
- toksykologiascientific study of poisons and poisoning
Portuguese toxicologia
- toxicologiascientific study of poisons and poisoning
Romanian toxicologie
- toxicologiescientific study of poisons and poisoning
Russian токсиколо́гия
- токсиколо́гия (toksikológija)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
Scottish Gaelic eòlas-nimh
- eòlas-nimhscientific study of poisons and poisoning
Spanish toxicología
- toxicologíascientific study of poisons and poisoning
Swahili toksikolojia
- toksikolojiascientific study of poisons and poisoning
Swedish toxikologi
- toxikologiscientific study of poisons and poisoning
Tagalog dalublasunan
- dalublasunanscientific study of poisons and poisoning
Tamil நச்சியல்
- நச்சியல் (nacciyal)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
Thai พิษวิทยา
- พิษวิทยา (pít-sà-wít-tá-yaa)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
Ukrainian токсиколо́гія
- токсиколо́гія (toksykolóhija)scientific study of poisons and poisoning
Vietnamese độc chất học
- độc chất họcscientific study of poisons and poisoning
Welsh tocsicoleg
- tocsicolegscientific study of poisons and poisoning
Cite this entry
APA
toxicology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxicology
MLA
“toxicology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxicology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toxicology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxicology.
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