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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Recovery factor

Biology; Toxicology

Fraction or percentage of the total quantity of a substance extracted under specified conditions.

Synapse

Biology; Toxicology

Functional junction between two neurons, where a nerve impulse is transmitted from one neuron to another.

Transgene

Biology; Toxicology

Gene from one source that has been incorporated into the genome of another organism.

Reactive nitrogen species (RNS)

Biology; Toxicology

Radical nitrogen-based molecules that can act to facilitate nitrosylation reactions; reactive nitrogen species include dioxidonitrogen(•) (nitrogen dioxide, nitryl radical) NO2•, oxidonitrogen(•) ...

Reference value

Biology; Toxicology

Quantity value, generally accepted as having a suitably small measurement uncertainty, to be used as a basis for comparison with values of quantities of the same kind.