What does toxicologist mean?
Word: Toxicologist
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Toxicologist means a scientist who studies poisons and harmful chemicals, how they affect people, animals and plants, and how to treat poisoning.
How do you spell toxicologist?
Syllables: tox - i - col - o - gist
Tricky part: The j sound near the end is spelt with a g, so the last beat is gist, not jist. It is a long word, so take it beat by beat.
Watch out for: toxicolojist, toxocologist, toxicologest
Memory tip: A toxicologist studies poisons, and the j sound near the end is a soft g, the same as in magic and logic.
Toxicologist in a sentence
Example 1: A toxicologist tested the river water after the factory leak.
Example 2: The farmers asked a toxicologist to check whether the new spray was safe for bees.
Example 3: Toxicologists help decide how much of a medicine is safe to take.
Fun Fact
Toxicologist is built from toxic, a word that came into English from Greek through Latin, and the ending logist, a person who studies a subject.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
tox_c_logist
a) a,o
b) i,o
c) i,a
d) e,o
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b) i,o. Start with toxic, with its i, then the ology part, with an o.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) toxicologist
b) pharmasist
c) chemestry
d) labratory
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a) toxicologist. Toxicologist is the only word here without a mistake.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
gloctsoxiito
a) toxicology
b) toxicologist
c) oncologist
d) ecologist
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b) toxicologist. Toxicology has a y and no s, and ecologist and oncologist have no x.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If a dog eats a strange mushroom, a toxicologist could help find out ____.
a) which breed the dog belongs to
b) whether the mushroom is poisonous
c) where the mushroom was bought
d) how old the dog really is
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b) whether the mushroom is poisonous
2. A toxicologist would be most interested in ____.
a) snake venom
b) star patterns
c) old coins
d) rock layers
Show answer
a) snake venom
