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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.
