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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antagonism in toxicology

Biology; Toxicology

Combined effect of two or more factors which is smaller than the solitary effect of any one of those factors. Note: In bioassays, the term may be used when a specified effect is produced by exposure ...

developmental toxicity

Biology; Toxicology

Adverse effects on the developing organism (including structural abnormality, altered growth, or functional deficiency or death) resulting from exposure through conception, gestation (including ...

construct validity

Biology; Toxicology

Extent to which a measurement corresponds to theoretical concepts (constructs) concerning the phenomenon under study; for example, if on theoretical grounds, the phenomenon should change with age, a ...

bias

Biology; Toxicology

1. Deviation of results or inferences from the truth, or processes leading to such deviation. 2. Any trend in the collection, analysis, interpretation, publication, or review of data which can lead ...

biomagnification

Biology; Toxicology

Sequence of processes in an ecosystem by which higher concentrations are attained in organisms at higher trophic levels (at higher levels in the food web); at its simplest, a process leading to a ...

ecological magnification

Biology; Toxicology

Sequence of processes in an ecosystem by which higher concentrations are attained in organisms at higher trophic levels (at higher levels in the food web); at its simplest, a process leading to a ...

biological acclimatization

Biology; Toxicology

1. Processes, including selection and adaptation, by which a population of micro-organisms develops the ability to degrade a substance, or develops a tolerance to it. 2. In animal tests - allowing an ...