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Toxicology

A branch of biology, chemistry, and medicine concerned with the study of the adverse effects of chemicals or physical agents on living organisms, as well as the symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of poisoning, especially the poisoning of people.

Contributors in Toxicology

Toxicology

Criterion

Biology; Toxicology

Validated set of data used as a basis for judgment.

Autoxidation

Biology; Toxicology

Reaction with dioxygen at moderate temperatures.

After-effect of a poison

Biology; Toxicology

Ability of a poison to produce a change in an organism after cessation of contact.

Conjunctiva

Biology; Toxicology

Mucous membrane which covers the eyeball and lines the under-surface of the eyelid.

Chromatin

Biology; Toxicology

Stainable complex of DNA and proteins present in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell.

Anaplasia

Biology; Toxicology

Loss of normal cell differentiation, a feature characteristic of most malignancies.

Ambient

Biology; Toxicology

Surrounding (applied to environmental media such as air, water, sediment or soil).

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