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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
Biological exposure indices (BEI)
Biology; Toxicology
Guidance values recommended by ACGIH for assessing biological monitoring results.
Cumulative effect
Biology; Toxicology
Overall change which occurs after repeated doses of a substance or radiation.
Autophagosome
Biology; Toxicology
Membrane-bound body (secondary lysosome) in which parts of the cell are digested.
Accepted risk
Biology; Toxicology
Probability of suffering disease or injury which is accepted by an individual.
Chemosis
Biology; Toxicology
Chemically induced swelling around the eye caused by edoema of the conjunctiva.
Clonic
Biology; Toxicology
Pertaining to alternate muscular contraction and relaxation in rapid succession.
Atrophy
Biology; Toxicology
Wasting away of the body or of an organ or tissue, involving a decrease in size and (or) numbers of cells.
