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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.
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Toxicology
Byssinosis
Biology; Toxicology
Pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of dust and associated microbial contaminants and observed in cotton, flax, and hemp workers.
Biochemical mechanism
Biology; Toxicology
Reaction or series of reactions, usually enzyme-catalysed, associated with a specific physiological event in a living organism.
Anoxia
Biology; Toxicology
Strictly total absence of oxygen but sometimes incorrectly used instead of hypoxia to mean a decreased oxygen supply in tissues.
Dermatitis
Biology; Toxicology
Inflammation of the skin: contact dermatitis is due to local exposure and may be caused by irritation, allergy or infection.
Coal miners' pneumoconiosis
Biology; Toxicology
Form of pneumoconiosis caused by accumulation of anthracite carbon deposits in the lungs due to inhalation of smoke or coal dust.
Botanical pesticide
Biology; Toxicology
Substance with activity against pests, that is produced naturally within a plant and may act as a defence against predators.
Chromatid
Biology; Toxicology
Either of two filaments joined at the centromere into which a chromosome divides as it duplicates itself during cell division.
