toxology

noun

Etymology: Omitting -ic.

1. Misspelling of toxicology.

   “1893, Louisa Parsons Hopkins, "Women in Science", in Maud Howe Elliott, ed., Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, Goupil & Co., page 91, She filled the chair of chemistry and toxology in the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, and became dean of the faculty.”

   “Be sure toxology looks for sedatives.”