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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 factor

Biology; Toxicology

See absorptance (in chemistry), absorption coefficient (in biology)

body burden

Biology; Toxicology

Total amount of a substance present in an organism at a given time.

congenital

Biology; Toxicology

Trait, condition or disorder that exists in an organism from birth.

dehydrogenase

Biology; Toxicology

Enzyme which catalyses oxidation of compounds by removing hydrogen.

bio-accessible

Biology; Toxicology

Able to come in contact with a living organism and interact with it.

biokinetics in toxicology

Biology; Toxicology

Science of the movements involved in the distribution of substances.

abortifacient

Biology; Toxicology

Substance causes pregnancy to end prematurely and causes an abortion.

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