Toxicology

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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Environmental sanitation

Biology; Toxicology

Practical control measures used to improve the basic environmental conditions affecting human health, for example clean water supply, human and animal waste disposal, protection of food from ...

Environmental hygiene

Biology; Toxicology

Practical control measures used to improve the basic environmental conditions affecting human health, for example clean water supply, human and animal waste disposal, protection of food from ...

Genetic susceptibility

Biology; Toxicology

Predisposition to a particular disease or sensitivity to a substance due to the presence of a specific allele or combination of alleles in an individual's genome.

Antonym hypo-

Biology; Toxicology

Prefix meaning above or excessive: when used with the suffix "-emia" refers to blood and with the suffix "-uria" refers to urine, for example "hyperbilirubinemia".

Hyper-

Biology; Toxicology

Prefix meaning above or excessive: when used with the suffix "-emia" refers to blood and with the suffix "-uria" refers to urine, for example "hyperbilirubinemia".

Endocon

Biology; Toxicology

Portion of a conjugated metabolite which is derived from a natural product (such as a sugar, amino acid or other organic acid) of the metabolising organism.

Hypo-

Biology; Toxicology

Prefix meaning under, deficient: when used with the suffix "-emia" refers to blood and with the suffix "-uria" refers to urine, for example "hypocalcemia".