toxicology Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Tox`i*col"o*gy noun
Etymology
Gr. poison + cf.F.toxicologie. See Toxic.
Definitions
  1. The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recignition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.

Webster 1913