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toxicologic

toxicologic

1 8.1
The study of poisons and how they harm people or animals
  • adjective
  • /ˌtɒksɪkəˈlɒdʒɪk/
  • Specialized
: tóxico
  • Doctors rely on toxicologic reports when treating patients exposed to harmful substances.

Examples

  • The same advantages that make C. elegans useful for developmental and mitochondrial studies also make the nematode useful for toxicologic investigations.

    Academic text (2017)
  • However, through a combination of chemical and toxicologic reasoning, the FSC proposed a detailed and specific explanation.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Objective 4.1: To provide important toxicologic and epidemiologic findings that become available.

    Academic text (2010)
  • High uncertainty is inherent in risk assessment because of uncertainty associated with toxicologic and exposure assessments.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Research toxicologic research.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The wells in this study showed no indication of persistent contamination with chemicals of toxicologic significance.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The AALGs, which are used to review the toxicologic implications of air pollutants, can be as low as one-tenth of the EPA screening values.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Our results are consistent with toxicologic data indicating that PBDE exposure impacts neurodevelopment, as reviewed by Costa and Giordano (2007).

    Academic text (2012)
  • "Just don't get your feelings hurt when I ignore you for a while." After Laurie inspected all the internal organs in situ, she used several syringes to take various fluids for toxicologic testing.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The researchers published their findings on the toxicologic effects of the new pesticide on aquatic life.

Synonyms

toxicological
vstoxicologic
  • Specialized
3 7.2

Relating to the study of poisons and how they harm living things

is the general study of poisons and their effects without specifying organisms

Surface Forms

toxicologic positive

Morphology

toxicologic = toxicology (semi-transparent) = toxic + ology + ic

The adjective is formed regularly from the technical noun 'toxicology', but the specialized scientific base may not be familiar to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Toxicologic is made of two parts: toxic-, from a Greek word meaning 'poison' and seen in toxic and toxin, and -logic, from a Greek word meaning 'study' like the ending in biology. So toxicologic means 'about the study of poisons' and their effects.