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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.
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Toxicology
Crepitations
Biology; Toxicology
Abnormal respiratory sounds heard on auscultation of the chest, produced by passage of air through passages which contain secretion or exudate or which are constricted by spasm or a thickening of ...
Cross-sectional study of disease prevalence and associations
Biology; Toxicology
Study that examines the relationship between diseases (or other health-related characteristics) and other variables of interest as they exist in a defined population at one particular time. Note: ...
Contaminant
Biology; Toxicology
1. Minor impurity present in a substance. 2. Extraneous material inadvertently added to a sample prior to or during chemical or biological analysis 3. In some contexts, as in relation to gas cleaning ...
Pseudo-adaptation
Biology; Toxicology
Adaptation of an organism to changing conditions of the environment (especially chemical) is accompanied by the emergence of stresses in biochemical systems which exceed the limits of normal ...
Compensation
Biology; Toxicology
Adaptation of an organism to changing conditions of the environment (especially chemical) is accompanied by the emergence of stresses in biochemical systems which exceed the limits of normal ...
Agonist
Biology; Toxicology
Substance which binds to cell receptors normally responding to a naturally occurring substance and which produces an effect similar to that of the natural substance. Note 1: A partial agonist ...
Calibration
Biology; Toxicology
Operation that, under specified conditions, in a first step establishes a relation between the quantity values with measurement uncertainties provided by measurement standards and corresponding ...
