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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first-pass effect

Biology; Toxicology

Biotransformation and, in some cases, elimination of a substance in the liver after absorption from the intestine and before it reaches the systemic circulation.

ecology

Biology; Toxicology

Branch of biology which studies the interactions between living organisms and all factors (including other organisms) in their environment: such interactions encompass environmental factors which ...

kinetics (in chemistry)

Biology; Toxicology

Branch of chemistry concerned with measuring and studying rates of chemical reactions.

expected environmental concentration (EEC)

Biology; Toxicology

Calculated concentrations of a substance, typically a pesticide, in various environmental compartments based on calculations using maximum-exposure scenarios. Note: EEC models assume a maximum number ...

extrapolation

Biology; Toxicology

Calculation, based on quantitative observations in exposed test species or in vitro test systems, of predicted dose-effect and dose-response relationships for a substance in humans and other biota ...