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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

circulation of substances in the environment

Biology; Toxicology

Movement of xenobiotic substances in the environment with air flow, river current, soil, water, etc.

criterion validity

Biology; Toxicology

Extent to which the measurement correlates with an external criterion of the phenomenon under study.

anthelminthic

Biology; Toxicology

Substance intended to kill or cause the expulsion of parasitic intestinal worms, such as helminths.

combined effect of poisons

Biology; Toxicology

Simultaneous or successive effect of two or more poisons on the organism by the same route of exposure.

area under the moment curve (AUMC)

Biology; Toxicology

Area between a curve and the abscissa (horizontal axis) in a plot of (concentration x time) versus time.

ataxia

Biology; Toxicology

Unsteady or irregular manner of walking or movement caused by loss or failure of muscular co-ordination.

absorbed dose of radiation (D)

Biology; Toxicology

Energy imparted by ionizing radiation to a specified volume of matter divided by the mass of that volume.

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