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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Comparison group

Biology; Toxicology

Selected subjects of study, identified as a rule before a study is done, which comprises humans, animals, or other species who do not have the disease, intervention, procedure or whatever is being ...

Control group

Biology; Toxicology

Absorption coefficient

Biology; Toxicology

Ratio of the absorbed quantity (uptake) of a substance to the administered quantity (intake). Note: For exposure by way of the respiratory tract, the absorption coefficient is the ratio of the ...

First-order chemical reaction

Biology; Toxicology

1. Chemical reaction where the initial rate is directly proportional to the concentration of one of the reactants. 2. Any process in which a variable decreases with time at a constant fractional ...

Exposure

Biology; Toxicology

1. Concentration, amount or intensity of a particular physical or chemical agent or environmental agent that reaches the target population, organism, organ, tissue or cell, usually expressed in ...

Haplotype

Biology; Toxicology

1. Contraction of the phrase "haploid genotype", the genetic constitution of an individual with respect to one member of a pair of allelic genes: haplotype can refer to only one locus or to an entire ...

First-order reaction

Biology; Toxicology

1. Chemical reaction where the initial rate is directly proportional to the concentration of one of the reactants. 2. Any process in which a variable decreases with time at a constant fractional ...