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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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Concentration
Biology; Toxicology
1. Any one of a group of three quantities characterising the composition of a mixture and defined as one of mass, amount of substance (chemical amount) or number divided by volume, giving, ...
Bateman function
Biology; Toxicology
Equation expressing the build up and decay in concentration of a substance (usually in plasma) based on first order uptake and elimination in a one compartment model, having the form C = (ƒDκ a ...
Aerosol
Biology; Toxicology
Mixture of small particles (solid, liquid or a mixed variety) and a carrier gas (usually air). Note 1: Owing to their size, these particles (usually less than 100 µm and greater than 0.01 µm in ...
Aliquot in analytical chemistry
Biology; Toxicology
Known amount of a homogeneous material, assumed to be taken with negligible sampling error. Note 1: The term is usually applied to fluids. Note 2: The term "aliquot" is usually used when the ...
Cohort study
Biology; Toxicology
Analytic study of epidemiological study in which subsets of a defined population can be identified who are, have been, or in the future may be exposed or not exposed, or exposed in different degrees, ...
Adaptation
Biology; Toxicology
1. Change in an organism, in response to changing conditions of the environment (specifically chemical), which takes place without any irreversible disruptions of the given biological system and ...
Bio-accessibility
Biology; Toxicology
Potential for a substance to come in contact with a living organism and then interact with it. This may lead to absorption. Note: A substance trapped inside an insoluble particle is not ...
