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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Antiresistant

Biology; Toxicology

Substance used as an additive to a pesticide formulation in order to reduce the resistance of insects to the pesticide, e.g., an antimetabolite that inhibits metabolic inactivation of the pesticide.

Adverse effect

Biology; Toxicology

Change in biochemistry, physiology, growth, development morphology, behavior, or lifespan of an organism which results in impairment of functional capacity or impairment of capacity to compensate for ...

Denaturation

Biology; Toxicology

1. Addition of methanol, acetone or other suitable chemical(s) to alcohol to make it unfit for drinking. 2. Change in molecular structure of proteins so that they cannot function normally, often ...

Cyclo-oxygenase specific inhibitors

Biology; Toxicology

Substances, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, which block the activity of cyclo-oxygenase (COX), an enzyme that is responsible for the formation of prostanoids (including prostaglandins, prostacyclin ...

Contact poison

Biology; Toxicology

1. Chemical which injures the target organism through physical contact and skin absorption rather than through ingestion or inhalation. 2. Pesticide (herbicide) that causes injury to only the plant ...

Antonym anabolism

Biology; Toxicology

1. Reactions involving the oxidation of organic substrates to provide chemically available energy (for example ATP) and to generate metabolic intermediates. 2. Generally, process of breakdown of ...

Catabolism

Biology; Toxicology

1. Reactions involving the oxidation of organic substrates to provide chemically available energy (for example ATP) and to generate metabolic intermediates. 2. Generally, process of breakdown of ...