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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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Nitrification
Biology; Toxicology
Sequential oxidation of ammonium salts to nitrite and nitrate by micro-organisms.
Endotoxin
Biology; Toxicology
Toxin that forms an integral part of the cell wall of certain bacteria and is released only upon breakdown of the bacterial cell.; endotoxins do not form toxoids.
Half time
Biology; Toxicology
Time required for the concentration of a reactant in a given reaction to reach a value that is the arithmetic mean of its initial and final (equilibrium) values. For a reactant that is entirely ...
Glomerulus
Biology; Toxicology
Tuft or a cluster, as of a plexus of capillary blood vessels or nerve fibers, e. g. capillaries of the filtration apparatus of the kidney.
Log-normal transformation
Biology; Toxicology
Transformation of data with a logarithmic function that results in a normal distribution.
Dose of a substance
Biology; Toxicology
Total amount of a substance administered to, taken up, or absorbed by an organism, organ, or tissue.
