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