ichthyotoxicology
ichthyotoxicology noun: the study of toxins found in fish; the toxicology of fish.
Noun
ichthyotoxicology (uncountable)
- The study of toxins found in fish; the toxicology of fish.
- One of the earliest reports on experimental ichthyotoxicology is by an unknown Japanese investigator and appeared in 1825 in the publication Toyen Shosetsu, in which the author related how he fed poisonous puffers to cats and dogs.1965, Bruce W. Halstead, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World: Invertebrates
- “Last scene in From Russia with Love, one of the great moments in ichthyotoxicology. British agent double-oh-seven utterly helpless, paralyzed and unconscious after a minute wound from a hidden knife.”1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 117
Examples of ichthyotoxicology in a sentence
- Therefore it was just the ichthyotoxicology to which the attention was focused in the framework of the first phase of aquatic toxicology development in Czechoslovakia.1986, Ecology Abstracts - Volume 12, Issues 1-6150, page 144:
- But it wasn't until his Mulderesque quest led him to the department of ichthyotoxicology that he learned the significance of an ingredient that turned out to be the vital one: the puffer fish.1997, Jane Goldman, The X-Files Book of the Unexplained - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 189:
- That is why, investigations like these are essential and necessary for ichthyotoxicology.2002, Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science - Volume 8, page 84:
- There were used ichthyotoxicology, biochemistry and immunochemistry methods for the research of fish populations2008, EV Sukharenko, RА Novitsky, VS Nedzvetsky, “Using biomarkers of ground fish brain for pollution assessment of the Kerch strait (the...
Origin of ichthyotoxicology
From ichthyo- + toxicology.
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Questions about ichthyotoxicology
- What does ichthyotoxicology mean?
- Ichthyotoxicology means the study of toxins found in fish; the toxicology of fish.
- How do you use ichthyotoxicology in a sentence?
- Therefore it was just the ichthyotoxicology to which the attention was focused in the framework of the first phase of aquatic toxicology development in Czechoslovakia.
- What part of speech is ichthyotoxicology?
- Ichthyotoxicology is a noun.
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