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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
See also transformed cell line
Biology; Toxicology
Defined unique population of cells obtained by culture from a primary source through numerous generations.
Concentration-effect curve
Biology; Toxicology
Graph of the relation between exposure concentration and the magnitude of the resultant biological change.
Cell line
Biology; Toxicology
Defined unique population of cells obtained by culture from a primary source through numerous generations.
Abiotic activation
Biology; Toxicology
Conversion of a xenobiotic to a more toxic derivative by modification not involving biological catalysis.
Carcinogenicity
Biology; Toxicology
Process of induction of malignant neoplasms, and thus cancer, by chemical, physical or biological agents.
Bioconcentration
Biology; Toxicology
Process leading to a higher concentration of a substance in an organism than in environmental media to which it is exposed.
Aphid
Biology; Toxicology
Common name for a harmful plant parasite in the family Aphididae, some species of which are vectors of plant virus diseases.
