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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.
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.
