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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Gene expression

Biology; Toxicology

Transcriptional activation of a gene so that its functional product is produced.

Speciation analysis (in chemistry)

Biology; Toxicology

Analytical activities of identifying and (or) measuring the quantities of one or more individual chemical species in a sample.

Reference dose (RfD)

Biology; Toxicology

An estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of a daily oral exposure to the human population (including sensitive subgroups) that is likely to be without an appreciable risk ...

Subchronic toxicity test

Biology; Toxicology

Animal experiment serving to study the effects produced by the test substance when administered in repeated doses (or continually in food, drinking-water, air) over a period of up to about 90 days.

T lymphocyte

Biology; Toxicology

Animal cell which possesses specific cell surface receptors through which it binds to foreign substances or organisms, or those which it identifies as foreign, and which initiates immune responses.