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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carbonylhemoglobin

Biology; Toxicology

Compound which is formed between carbon monoxide and hemoglobin in the blood of animals and humans and which is incapable of transporting oxygen.

carboxyhemoglobin

Biology; Toxicology

Compound which is formed between carbon monoxide and hemoglobin in the blood of animals and humans and which is incapable of transporting oxygen.

comprehensive effect of poisons

Biology; Toxicology

Simultaneous or successive effect made on an organism by poisons entering from different media, from air, from water, from food or through the skin.

containment

Biology; Toxicology

Process by which possible release, discharge or spill of a toxic substance during normal use or after an accident is prevented by appropriate action.

adsorption

Biology; Toxicology

Increase in the concentration of a substance at the interface of a condensed and a liquid or a gaseous layer owing to the operation of surface forces.

artefact

Biology; Toxicology

Observation, effect, or result which is inaccurate because it is produced by the methodology used in scientific investigation or by experimental error

antagonist in toxicology

Biology; Toxicology

Substance which binds to a cell receptor normally responding to a naturally occurring substance and which prevents a response to the natural substance.