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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Ataxia

Biology; Toxicology

Unsteady or irregular manner of walking or movement caused by loss or failure of muscular co-ordination.

Anthelminthic

Biology; Toxicology

Substance intended to kill or cause the expulsion of parasitic intestinal worms, such as helminths.

Chemical species of an element

Biology; Toxicology

Specific form of an element defined as to isotopic composition, electronic or oxidation state, and (or) complex or molecular structure.

Autoxidation in food chemistry

Biology; Toxicology

Apparently spontaneous, usually slow reaction of foodstuff components with dioxygen in an aerobic environment at moderate temperatures.

Concentration-response curve

Biology; Toxicology

Graph of the relation between exposure concentration and the proportion of individuals in a population responding with a defined effect.

Exposure-response curve

Biology; Toxicology

Graph of the relation between exposure concentration and the proportion of individuals in a population responding with a defined effect.

Long-term toxicity test

Biology; Toxicology

Study in which organisms are observed during the greater part of the life span and in which exposure to the test agent takes place over the whole observation time or a substantial part thereof.