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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excipient

Biology; Toxicology

Any largely inert substance added to a drug to give suitable consistency or form to the drug.

epitope

Biology; Toxicology

Any part of a molecule that acts as an antigenic determinant: a macromolecule can contain many different epitopes each capable of stimulating production of a different specific antibody.

ionizing radiation

Biology; Toxicology

Any radiation consisting of directly or indirectly ionizing particles or a mixture of both or photons with energy higher than the energy of photons of ultraviolet light or a mixture of both such ...

goitrogen

Biology; Toxicology

Any substance (such as thiouracil) that induces the formation of a goiter.

pesticide residue

Biology; Toxicology

Any substance or mixture of substances found in man or animals or in food and water following use of a pesticide: the term includes any specified derivatives, such as degradation and conversion ...

drug

Biology; Toxicology

Any substance which when absorbed into a living organism may modify one or more of its functions. Note: The term is generally accepted for a substance taken for a therapeutic purpose, but is also ...

food additive

Biology; Toxicology

Any substance, not normally consumed as a food by itself and not normally used as a typical ingredient of a given food, whether or not it has nutritive value, that is added intentionally to food for ...