Toxicology

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.

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good agricultural practice in the use of pesticides (GAP)

Biology; Toxicology

Nationally authorized safe uses of pesticides under actual conditions necessary for effective and reliable pest control. Note: It encompasses a range of levels of pesticide applications up to the ...

-omics, -omes

Biology; Toxicology

Neologism referring to the fields of study in biology ending in the suffix -omics, such as genomics or proteomics: the related neologism -omes are the objects of study of the field such as the genome ...

neuron(e)

Biology; Toxicology

Nerve cell, the morphological and functional unit of the central and peripheral nervous systems.

neoplasia

Biology; Toxicology

New and abnormal formation of tissue as a tumor or growth by cell proliferation that is faster than normal and continues after the initial stimulus (i) that initiated the proliferation has ceased.

goiter

Biology; Toxicology

Noncancerous enlargement of the thyroid gland, visible as a swelling at the front of the neck, that is often associated with iodine deficiency.

intron

Biology; Toxicology

Non-coding sequence within genes which separates the exons (coding regions). Note: Introns are spliced out of the messenger RNA molecule created from a gene after transcription and prior to ...

homeostasis

Biology; Toxicology

Normal, internal stability in an organism maintained by co-ordinated responses of the organ systems that automatically compensate for environmental changes.