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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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Toxicology
benign
Biology; Toxicology
1. Of a disease, producing no persisting harmful effects. 2. Tumor which does not invade other tissues (see metastasis), having lost growth control but not positional control.
Codex Alimentarius
Biology; Toxicology
Collection of internationally adopted food standards drawn up by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the principal body implementing the joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme.
anesthetic
Biology; Toxicology
Substance which produces loss of feeling or sensation: general anesthetic produces loss of consciousness; local or regional anesthetic renders a specific area insensible to pain.
convection
Biology; Toxicology
As applied to air and water motion, predominantly vertical motion of air or of water, induced by the expansion of the air or of water heated by the earth’s surface, or by human activity, and its ...
antidote
Biology; Toxicology
Substance capable of specifically counteracting or reducing the effect of a potentially toxic substance in an organism by a relatively specific chemical or pharmacological action.
cumulative death rate
Biology; Toxicology
Proportion of a defined group that die within the specified time period (e.g., month, year). Note: It may refer to all deaths or to deaths from a specific cause or specific causes.
biological warfare
Biology; Toxicology
Military operations using any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease-causing organism) or toxin found in nature, to kill, injure or incapacitate human beings, animals, or plants.
