Toxicology

tok-si-kol′ō-ji, n. the science of poisons.— ns. Toxē′mia , Toxæ′mia , Toxicē′mia , Toxicæ′mia , blood-poisoning.— adjs. Toxē′mic , Toxæ′mic , septicemic; Tox′ic , -al , pertaining to poisons, toxicological.— adv. Tox′ically .— adj. Tox′icant , poisoning.— n. a poison.— adj. Toxicolog′ical , pertaining to toxicology.— adv. Toxicolog′ically .— ns. Toxicol′ogist , one versed in toxicology; Toxicō′sis , a morbid condition caused by the action of a poison; Tox′in , -e , a poisonous ptomaine. [Gr. toxikon , arrow-poison— toxikos , for the bow— toxon , a bow, logia — legein , to say.]