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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
Count median diameter
Biology; Toxicology
Calculated diameter in a population of particles in a gas or liquid phase above which there are as many particles with larger diameters as there are particles below it with smaller diameters.
Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)
Biology; Toxicology
DNA vector into which large DNA fragments can be inserted and cloned in a bacterial host.
Deterministic effect
Biology; Toxicology
Phenomenon committed to a particular outcome determined by fundamental physical principles.
Dental fluorosis
Biology; Toxicology
Tooth enamel malformations due to excessive fluoride exposure during dental development.
Beryllium disease
Biology; Toxicology
Serious and usually permanent lung damage resulting from chronic inhalation of beryllium.
Abiotic transformation
Biology; Toxicology
Process in which a substance in the environment is modified by non-biological mechanisms.
Cytochrome P-420
Biology; Toxicology
Inactive derivative of cytochrome P-450 found in microsomal (see microsome) preparations.
