toxicologist

English

Etymology

From toxicology +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

toxicologist (plural toxicologists)

1. A scientist or physician who specializes in toxicology.
   • 1982 April 10, John Zeh, “Mice Test Poppers”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     Toxicologists at the Taft Laboratory at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) here are dosing mice with poppers to solve the baffling mystery of diseases which are killing gay men.

Translations

scientist or physician who speciality is toxicology

• Catalan: toxicòleg m
• Danish: toksikolog c
• Dutch: toxicoloog (nl) m
• Finnish: toksikologi
• French: toxicologue (fr)
• Galician: toxicólogo m, toxicóloga f
• German: Toxikologe m, Toxikologin f
• Hungarian: toxikológus (hu)
• Italian: tossicologo (it) m, tossicologa f
• Polish: toksykolog (pl) m
• Portuguese: toxicologista (pt) m or f, toxicólogo (pt) m
• Russian: токсико́лог (ru) m or f (toksikólog)
• Spanish: toxicólogo m, toxicóloga f
• Swedish: toxikolog (sv) c

References

• “toxicologist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.