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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Relative risk (RR)

Biology; Toxicology

1. Ratio of the risk of disease or death among the exposed to the risk among the unexposed. 2. Ratio of the cumulative incidence rate in the exposed to the cumulative incidence rate in the unexposed.

Sensitivity in metrology and analytical chemistry (A)

Biology; Toxicology

1. Quotient of the change in the indication and the corresponding change in the value of the quantity being measured. 2. Slope of the calibration curve. If the curve is in fact a 'curve', rather than ...

Total diet study

Biology; Toxicology

1. Study designed to establish the pattern of pesticide residue intake by a person consuming a defined diet. 2. Study undertaken to show the range and amount of various foodstuffs in the typical diet ...

Risk ratio

Biology; Toxicology

1. Ratio of the risk of disease or death among the exposed to the risk among the unexposed. 2. Ratio of the cumulative incidence rate in the exposed to the cumulative incidence rate in the unexposed.

Substrate in biology

Biology; Toxicology

1. Substance material on which an enzyme acts. 2. Surface on which an organism grows or to which is attached.

Systemic

Biology; Toxicology

1. Relating to the body as a whole. 2. Occurring at a site in the body remote from the point of contact with a substance.

Standard (in law or regulation)

Biology; Toxicology

Technical specification, usually in the form of a document available to the public, drawn up with the consensus or general approval of all interests affected by it, based on the consolidated results ...