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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
chemosterilizer
Biology; Toxicology
Substance used to sterilize mites, insects, rodents or other animals.
bagassosis
Biology; Toxicology
Lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust from sugar-cane residues.
desorption
Biology; Toxicology
Opposite of adsorption; a decrease in the amount of adsorbed substance.
anticholinergic
Biology; Toxicology
Preventing transmission of parasympathetic (acetylcholine releasing) nerve impulses.
advection in environmental chemistry
Biology; Toxicology
Process of transport of a substance in air or water solely by mass motion.
benefit
Biology; Toxicology
Advantage to or improvement in condition of an individual or a population.
