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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.
