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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

Bio-accessible

Biology; Toxicology

Able to come in contact with a living organism and interact with it.

Bronchospasm

Biology; Toxicology

Intermittent violent contraction of the air passages of the lungs.

Abortifacient

Biology; Toxicology

Substance causes pregnancy to end prematurely and causes an abortion.

Combined effect of poisons

Biology; Toxicology

Simultaneous or successive effect of two or more poisons on the organism by the same route of exposure.

Area under the moment curve (AUMC)

Biology; Toxicology

Area between a curve and the abscissa (horizontal axis) in a plot of (concentration x time) versus time.

Absorbed dose of radiation (D)

Biology; Toxicology

Energy imparted by ionising radiation to a specified volume of matter divided by the mass of that volume.

Criterion validity

Biology; Toxicology

Extent to which the measurement correlates with an external criterion of the phenomenon under study.

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