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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chemical oxygen demand (COD)

Biology; Toxicology

Measure of the amount of oxygen, divided by the volume of the system, required to oxidize the organic (and inorganic) matter in wastewater using a chemically oxidizing agent. In practice, it is ...

anemia

Biology; Toxicology

Condition in which there is a reduction in the number of red blood cells or amount of hemoglobin per unit volume of blood below the reference interval for a similar individual of the species under ...

cell-mediated hypersensitivity

Biology; Toxicology

State in which an individual reacts with allergic effects caused by the reaction of antigen-specific T-lymphocytes following exposure to a certain substance (allergen) after having been exposed ...

biomarker of exposure

Biology; Toxicology

Biomarker that relates exposure to a xenobiotic to the levels of the substance or its metabolite, or of the product of an interaction between the substance and some target molecule or cell that can ...

exposure biomarker

Biology; Toxicology

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair

Biology; Toxicology

Restoration of the molecular structure of DNA after it has been damaged by a chemical or physical agent: this may involve direct DNA damage reversal, base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, ...

clinical toxicology

Biology; Toxicology

Scientific study involving research, education, prevention and treatment of diseases caused by substances such as drugs and toxins. Note: Often refers specifically to the application of toxicological ...