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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.
Contributors in Toxicology
Toxicology
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.
