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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Toxicology \Tox`i*col"o*gy\, n. [Gr. toxiko`n poison + -logy; cf. F. toxicologie. See Toxic. ] The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

toxicology n 1: the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons