Definition of toxicology
: a science that deals with poisons and their effect and with the problems involved (such as clinical, industrial, or legal problems)
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Developing the drug cost about $300 million, Belanoff estimates, and involved long-term toxicology tests to ensure that patients could safely take higher doses for months or years.
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Montes said investigators are awaiting results from a toxicology test of blood drawn from Vasques as part of their probe.
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Developing the drug cost about $300 million, according to Belanoff, and involved long-term toxicology tests to ensure that patients could safely take high doses for months or years.
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Cooper said McBride’s family had been notified, and results of routine toxicology tests are pending.
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The report also included the results of a toxicology test, which said Mr. Sterling’s blood had contained alcohol, cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine and THC.
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Records showed the money was being paid out for drug screens – toxicology tests on urine samples collected from all over the country.
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But a toxicology test, a .45-caliber Glock handgun, and statements from friends, family and witnesses closed the case, the Palm Beach Post reported.
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Police spokesman Ciprian Romanescu told The Associated Press on Tuesday that authorities were investigating the death of 56-year-old Andrei Gheorghe and medical examiners would conduct toxicology tests on his body this week.
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Did You Know?
Even though most of us are aware of toxicology primarily from crime shows on TV, toxicologists actually do most of their work in other fields. Many are employed by drug companies, others by chemical companies. Many work for the government, making sure the public is being kept safe from environmental poisons in the water, soil, and air, as well as unhealthy substances in our food and drugs. These issues often have to do with quantity; questions about how much of some substance should be considered dangerous, whether in the air or in a soft drink, may be left to toxicologists. But occasionally a toxicology task may be more exciting: for instance, discovering that what looked like an ordinary heart attack was actually brought on by a hypodermic injection of a paralyzing muscle relaxant.
First Known Use of toxicology
circa 1799
TOXICOLOGY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of toxicology for English Language Learners
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: the study of poisonous chemicals, drugs, etc., and how a person or other living thing reacts to them
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of toxicology
plural toxicologies
: the scientific study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on the living organism
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