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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Symptom

Biology; Toxicology

Any subjective evidence of a disease or an effect induced by a substance as perceived by the affected subject.

Prevalence

Biology; Toxicology

Number of instances of existing cases of a given disease or other condition in a given population at a designated time; sometimes used to mean prevalence rate. Note: When used without qualification, ...

Practical certainty of safety

Biology; Toxicology

Numerically specified low risk of exposure to a potentially toxic substance (for example, 1 in 1000) or socially acceptable low risk of adverse effects from such an exposure applied to decision ...

Rate coefficient

Biology; Toxicology

Numerical constant in a rate-of-reaction (v) equation; for example, v = k (A)a(B)b.......where (A), (B) etc. are reactant concentrations, k is the rate constant, and a, b, etc. are corresponding ...

Rate constant (k)

Biology; Toxicology

Numerical constant in a rate-of-reaction (v) equation; for example, v = k (A)a(B)b.......where (A), (B) etc. are reactant concentrations, k is the rate constant, and a, b, etc. are corresponding ...