Toxicology

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.

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Concurrent validity

Biology; Toxicology

Measurement and its criterion refer to the same point in time: an example would be a visual inspection of a wound for evidence of infection validated against bacteriological examination of a specimen ...

Decontamination

Biology; Toxicology

Process of rendering harmless (by neutralization, elimination, removal etc.) a potentially toxic substance in the natural environment, laboratory areas, the workplace, other indoor areas, clothes, ...

Additive effect

Biology; Toxicology

Consequence which follows exposure to two or more physico-chemical agents which act jointly but do not interact: the total effect is the simple sum of the effects of separate exposures to the agents ...

Diffusion

Biology; Toxicology

Spontaneous differential movement of components in a system. Note: In molecular terms, the driving force for diffusion is random thermal motion. In thermodynamic terms, the driving force is a ...

Allometric

Biology; Toxicology

1. Pertaining to a systematic relationship between growth rates of different parts of an organism and its overall growth rate. 2. Pertaining to a systematic relationship between size, shape, and ...