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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local effect

Biology; Toxicology

Change occurring at the site of contact between an organism and a toxicant.

founder effect

Biology; Toxicology

Changes in allelic frequencies that occur when a small group is separated from a large population and establishes a colony in a new location.

epigenesis

Biology; Toxicology

Changes in an organism brought about by alterations in the expression of genetic information without any change in the genome itself (e.g. base hypermethylation or histone modification). Note: The ...

hydrolysis

Biology; Toxicology

Chemical reaction of a substance with water, usually resulting in the formation of one or more new compounds.

environmental transformation

Biology; Toxicology

Chemical transformation of substances resulting from interactions in the environment.

nephrotoxic

Biology; Toxicology

Chemically harmful to the cells of the kidney.

diploid

Biology; Toxicology

Chromosome state in which the chromosomes are present in homologous pairs. Note: Normal human somatic (non-reproductive) cells are diploid (they have 46 chromosomes), whereas reproductive cells, with ...