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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olfactometer

Biology; Toxicology

Apparatus for testing the power of the sense of smell.

environmental impact assessment (EIA)

Biology; Toxicology

Appraisal of the possible environmental consequences of a past, ongoing, or planned action, resulting in the production of an environmental impact statement or ‘finding of no significant impact ...

interstitial fluid

Biology; Toxicology

Aqueous solution filling the narrow spaces between cells.

nosocomial

Biology; Toxicology

Associated with a hospital or infirmary, especially used of diseases that may result from treatment in such an institution.

dose-response relationship

Biology; Toxicology

Association between dose and the incidence of a defined biological effect in an exposed population usually expressed as percentage.

dose-effect relationship

Biology; Toxicology

Association between dose and the resulting magnitude of a continuously graded change, either in an individual or in a population.

Henry's law constant

Biology; Toxicology

At constant temperature and pressure, the ratio of the partial pressure of a gas above a liquid to its solubility in the liquid and therefore a measure of its partition between the gas phase and the ...