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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.
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peroxisome
Biology; Toxicology
Organelle, similar to a lysosome, characterized by its content of catalase, peroxidase and other oxidative enzymes.
persistent organic pollutant (POP)
Biology; Toxicology
Organic chemical that is stable in the environment, is liable to long-range transport, may bio-accumulate in human and animal tissue, and may have significant impacts on human health and the ...
non-target organism
Biology; Toxicology
Organism affected by a pesticide although not the intended object of its use.
pest
Biology; Toxicology
Organism that may harm public health, that attacks food and other materials essential to mankind, or otherwise affects human beings adversely.
heterozygote
Biology; Toxicology
Organism which has different allelic forms of a specified gene on each of a pair of homologous chromosomes or describing the genome of that organism.
homozygote
Biology; Toxicology
Organism which has the same allelic form of a specified gene on each of a pair of homologous chromosomes or describing the genome of that organism.
environmental quality objective (EQO)
Biology; Toxicology
Overall state to be aimed for in a particular aspect of the natural environment, for example, “water in an estuary such that shellfish populations survive in good health”. Note: Unlike an ...