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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

bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)

Biology; Toxicology

DNA vector into which large DNA fragments can be inserted and cloned in a bacterial host.

beryllium disease

Biology; Toxicology

Serious and usually permanent lung damage resulting from chronic inhalation of beryllium.

cytochrome P-420

Biology; Toxicology

Inactive derivative of cytochrome P-450 found in microsomal (see microsome) preparations.

deterministic effect

Biology; Toxicology

Phenomenon committed to a particular outcome determined by fundamental physical principles.

deterministic process

Biology; Toxicology

Phenomenon committed to a particular outcome determined by fundamental physical principles.

adenoma

Biology; Toxicology

Benign tumor occurring in glandular epithelium or forming recognizable glandular structures.

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) cloning

Biology; Toxicology

Replication of DNA sequences ligated into a suitable vector in an appropriate host organism.

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