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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Respirable dust

Biology; Toxicology

Mass fraction of dust (particles) that penetrates to the unciliated airways of the lung (the alveolar region). Note: This fraction is represented by a cumulative log-normal curve having a median ...

Ribonucleic acid (RNA)

Biology; Toxicology

Linear, usually single stranded, polymer of ribonucleotides, each containing the sugar ribose in association with a phosphate group and one of 4 nitrogenous bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, or ...

Respirable particles

Biology; Toxicology

Mass fraction of dust (particles) that penetrates to the unciliated airways of the lung (the alveolar region). Note: This fraction is represented by a cumulative log-normal curve having a median ...

Physical map (in genetics)

Biology; Toxicology

Map showing how much DNA, measured in base pairs, separates two genes. Note: Not to be confused with a genetic map which shows the position of genes in relation to each other, based on the frequency ...