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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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ceiling value (CV)
Biology; Toxicology
Airborne concentration of a potentially toxic substance which should never be exceeded in a worker's breathing zone.
antimuscarinic
Biology; Toxicology
Substance inhibiting or preventing the actions of muscarine and muscarine-like agents, e.g., atropine, on the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.
catatonia
Biology; Toxicology
Schizophrenia marked by excessive, and sometimes violent, motor activity and excitement, or by generalized inhibition.
cyanotoxin
Biology; Toxicology
Toxin produced by Cyanobacteria, sometimes called bluegreen algae. Note: Examples are microcystin and cylindrospermin.
bio-activation
Biology; Toxicology
Metabolic conversion of a xenobiotic to a more toxic derivative or one which has more of an effect on living organisms.
desiccant
Biology; Toxicology
1. Drying agent. 2. In agriculture, a substance used for drying up plants and facilitating their mechanical harvesting.
clastogenesis
Biology; Toxicology
Formation (or generation) of chromosomal breaks and (or) consequent gain, loss or rearrangement of pieces of chromosomes.
