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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.
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Toxicology
cyanosis
Biology; Toxicology
Bluish coloration, especially of the skin and mucous membranes and fingernail beds, caused by abnormally large amounts of reduced hemoglobin in the blood vessels as a result of deficient oxygenation.
added risk
Biology; Toxicology
Difference between the incidence of an adverse effect in a treated group (of organisms or a group of exposed humans) and a control group (of the same organisms or the spontaneous incidence in ...
cloning vector
Biology; Toxicology
Small circle of DNA (e.g., a plasmid) or modified bacteriophage (bacterial virus) that can carry a segment of foreign DNA into an appropriate host organism (e.g. a bacterial, yeast or mammalian ...
after (9)
Biology; Toxicology
Small circle of DNA (e.g., a plasmid) or modified bacteriophage (bacterial virus) that can carry a segment of foreign DNA into an appropriate host organism (e.g. a bacterial, yeast or mammalian ...
critical concentration for a cell or an organ
Biology; Toxicology
Concentration of a substance at and above which adverse functional changes, reversible or irreversible, occur in a cell or an organ.
allomone
Biology; Toxicology
Semiochemical that is produced by an organism inducing a response in an organism of another species that is favorable to the emitter.
delayed effect
Biology; Toxicology
Consequence occurring after a latent period following the end of exposure to a toxic substance or other harmful environmental factor.
