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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.

Contributors in Toxicology

Toxicology

Desorption

Biology; Toxicology

Opposite of adsorption; a decrease in the amount of adsorbed substance.

Absorbed dose of a substance

Biology; Toxicology

Amount (of a substance) taken up by an organism or into organs or tissues of interest.

Cocarcinogen

Biology; Toxicology

Chemical, physical or biological factor which intensifies the effect of a carcinogen.

Carrier substance

Biology; Toxicology

Substance which binds to another substance and transfers it from one site to another.

Alopecia

Biology; Toxicology

Baldness; absence or thinning of hair from areas of skin where it is usually present.

Anabolism

Biology; Toxicology

Biochemical processes by which smaller molecules are joined to make larger molecules.

Azoospermia

Biology; Toxicology

1. Absence of live motile spermatozoa in semen. 2. Failure to form live spermatozoa.

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