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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
absorption of radiation
Biology; Toxicology
Phenomenon in which radiation transfers some or all of its energy to matter which it traverses.
analytic study in epidemiology
Biology; Toxicology
Study designed to examine associations, commonly putative or hypothesized causal relationships.
aplasia
Biology; Toxicology
Lack of development of an organ or tissue, or of the cellular products from an organ or tissue.
arthritis
Biology; Toxicology
Chronic inflammation of a joint, usually accompanied by pain and often by changes in structure.
carcinogenesis
Biology; Toxicology
Induction, by chemical, physical, or biological agents, of malignant neoplasms and thus cancer.
comparative genomics
Biology; Toxicology
Study of the relationship of genome structure and function across different biological species.
complementary DNA (cDNA)
Biology; Toxicology
DNA generated from an expressed messenger RNA through a process known as reverse transcription.
