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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technical directive

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 ...

polymerase chain reaction(PCR)

Biology; Toxicology

Technique by which specific DNA segments are amplified selectively using cycles of annealing, chain extension, and thermal dissociation.

risk aversion

Biology; Toxicology

Tendency of an individual person to avoid risk.

ploidy

Biology; Toxicology

Term indicating the number of sets of chromosomes present in an organism.

toxicometry

Biology; Toxicology

Term sometimes used to indicate a combination of investigative methods and techniques for making a quantitative assessment of toxicity and the hazards of potentially toxic substances.

regulatory dose

Biology; Toxicology

Term used by the USEPA to describe the expected dose resulting from human exposure to a substance at the level at which it is regulated in the environment.

regioselectivity

Biology; Toxicology

Terms referring to a reaction in which one direction of bond making or breaking occurs preferentially over all other possible directions. Note: Reactions are termed completely (100%) regioselective ...