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Toxicology |
the branch of science concerned with the nature, effects, and detection of poisons. |
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Dose |
a quantity of a medicine or drug taken or recommended to be taken at a particular time |
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Response |
The way an organism reacts to a dose |
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Dose response curve |
the dose is plotted against the number or proportion of animals exhibiting a particular response |
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Threshold |
Dose or exposure concentration below which a defined effect will not occur. |
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Synergy |
The effect when chemical substances or biologicalstructures interact resulting in an overall effect that is greater than the sum of individual effects of any of them |
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Epidemiology |
the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health |
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Carcinogen |
a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue. |
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Mutagen |
an agent, such as radiation or a chemical substance, that causes genetic mutation. |
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Teratogen |
an agent or factor that causes malformation of an embryo |
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Chelation |
The formation or presence of bonds (or other attractive interactions) between two or more separate binding sites within the same ligand and a single central atom |
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Zoonoses |
a disease that can be transmitted to humans from animals |
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Pathogen |
a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease. |
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Vector |
an organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another. |
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Endemic |
regularly found among particular people or in a certain area |
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Epidemic |
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. |
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Pandemic |
prevalent over a whole country or the world. |
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Risk management |
the forecasting and evaluation of financial risks together with the identification of procedures to avoid or minimize their impact |
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Risk assessment |
a systematic process of evaluating the potential risks that may be involved in a projected activity or undertaking |
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Infectious |
likely to be transmitted to people, organisms, etc., through the environment. |
