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toxicologist

[ US /ˌtɑksɪˈkɑɫədʒɪst/ ]
[ UK /tˌɒksɪkˈɒləd‍ʒˌɪst/ ]
NOUN
  1. one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment

How To Use toxicologist In A Sentence

  • In fact, toxicologists are studying a concept called hormesis that suggests, in some cases, exposure to low levels of a chemical may actually help prevent cancer or other diseases because the exposure works on the human body in the same manner as a medical vaccination to initiate and strengthen natural defense systems. BlogHOUSTON
  • Biologists who specialize in the biochemical and physiological effects of toxic chemicals in living systems - toxicologists - use the term hormesis to refer to the effects of certain (often environmental) chemicals, having definite toxic effects when exposed to the system at certain known doses, yet having beneficial effects when exposed to the system at doses lower than those that cause toxicity. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Chickens could eat diclofenac and have no effect," notes Brunel University ecotoxicologist John Sumpter. YubaNet.com
  • JOHN HENRY, CLINICAL TOXICOLOGIST: You could call thallium poisoning chemical torture. CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2006
  • After 48 hours, the fish were removed and their brains studied for evidence of lipid peroxidation, a tissue-burning chemical reaction that toxicologists use as a standard of biological damage.
  • Veterinarians and pet owners needing advice reach a staff of 16 veterinarians (including four board-certified veterinary toxicologists) and six certified veterinary technicians.
  • Toxicologists attempt to identify and understand toxic hazards.
  • Anthony's defense team also called a geologist, toxicologist and fiber analyst — all from the FBI— as witnesses on Day 25 of the trial, which was only a half-day because of a prior commitment for Judge Belvin Perry. Scientists for defense testify in Anthony trial
  • That's exactly what we are talking about," said John Rodgers, an ecotoxicologist at Clemson University in South Carolina, who along with James Castle, a geologist at Clemson, developed the killer algae theory. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • Nicander is a gifted Homeric glossator, but he is neither zoologist nor toxicologist.
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