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Knowledge organization

A field of study invloving the indexing and classification of knowledge that is usually performed in libraries, databases and archives etc. It is related to Library and Information Science(LIS).

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prevalence rate

Biology; Toxicology

Total number of individuals who have an attribute or disease at a particular time (or during a particular period) divided by the population at risk of having the attribute or ...

societal risk

Biology; Toxicology

Total probability of harm to a human population including the probability of adverse effects to health of descendants and the probability of disruption resulting from loss of ...

population (in statistics)

Biology; Toxicology

Totality of related items under consideration. Note 1: A clearly defined part of a population is called a subpopulation. The term ‘population segment’ is sometimes used as a ...

tubular reabsorption

Biology; Toxicology

Transfer of solutes from the renal tubule lumen to the tubular epithelial cell and normally from there to the peritubular fluid.

summary sheet

Biology; Toxicology

Two-to-four page summary of a risk assessment.

pinocytosis

Biology; Toxicology

Type of endocytosis in which soluble materials are taken up by the cell and incorporated into vesicles for digestion.

prokaryote

Biology; Toxicology

Unicellular organism, characterized by the absence of a membrane-enclosed nucleus. Note: Prokaryotes include bacteria, blue-green algae and mycoplasmas.

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