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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
Antonym indication
Biology; Toxicology
Any condition which renders some particular line of treatment improper or undesirable.
Cell strain
Biology; Toxicology
Cells having specific properties or markers derived from a primary culture or cell line.
Contraindication
Biology; Toxicology
Any condition which renders some particular line of treatment improper or undesirable.
Congener
Biology; Toxicology
One of two or more substances related to each other by origin, structure, or function.
Catatonia
Biology; Toxicology
Schizophrenia marked by excessive, and sometimes violent, motor activity and excitement, or by generalised inhibition.
Clastogenesis
Biology; Toxicology
Formation (or generation) of chromosomal breaks and (or) consequent gain, loss or rearrangement of pieces of chromosomes.
Ceiling value (CV)
Biology; Toxicology
Airborne concentration of a potentially toxic substance which should never be exceeded in a worker's breathing zone.
