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toxicologist

toxicologist

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A scientist who studies poisons and how they affect people
  • noun
  • /ˌtɒksɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/
  • Specialized
: toxicólogo
  • BP hired toxicologists to conduct air and water sampling during the cleanup process.
  • toxicologist and chemist

But when she listened to my guest, the board certified toxicologist shout out to Doctor Yvonne Burkhardt.

Examples

  • The panelists included physicians, a toxicologist, drug treatment and drug prevention specialists, undercover law enforcement officers, research communicators, and an ethnographer.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Laurie found the director, a toxicologist, Dr. John DeVries.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Regarding the murder between the two partners, we talked to toxicologist Dr. Show on the issue.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Maybe I don't want to be a toxicologist my whole life.

    Bite Me! (2004)

  • John DeVries, the chief toxicologist, had already left for the day.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • But the toxicologist I've been talking to?

    Fiction book (2000)

  • One toxicologist, Dr. Michael Policastro, warned against reading too much into the THC levels.

    Academic text (2017)

  • I spoke to funeral homes, coroners, oncologists, actuaries, professors, and toxicologists.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Aquatic toxicologists are still struggling to develop proper test protocols for determining ecological stress from toxic metal insults.

    Academic text (1990)

  • A toxicologist studies the effects of harmful substances on human health.

Surface Forms

toxicologist singular
toxicologists plural

Morphology

toxicologist = toxicology (semi-transparent) = toxic + ologist

The word is built from the recognizable base 'toxicology' plus the agentive suffix '-ist', but the specialist field term may not be familiar to all learners.

Etymology

The word toxicologist starts with toxic- meaning 'poison' and ends with -logist meaning 'one who studies', just like in biologist. So a toxicologist is a scientist who studies poisons, how they harm people, and how to find and treat them.