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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
Desensitisation
Biology; Toxicology
Suppression of sensitivity of an organism to an allergen to which the organism has been exposed previously.
Administration of a substance
Biology; Toxicology
Application of a known amount of a substance to an organism in a reproducible manner and by a defined route.
Benchmark response
Biology; Toxicology
Response, expressed as an excess of background, at which a benchmark dose or benchmark concentration is set.
Necropsy
Biology; Toxicology
Post-mortem examination of the organs and body tissue to determine cause of death or pathological condition.
Autopsy
Biology; Toxicology
Post-mortem examination of the organs and body tissue to determine cause of death or pathological condition.
Clastogen
Biology; Toxicology
Agent causing chromosome breakage and (or) consequent gain, loss or rearrangement of pieces of chromosomes.
Cytochromes
Biology; Toxicology
Conjugated proteins containing heme as the prosthetic group and associated with electron transport and with redox processes.
