For Toxicity we have terms and definitions in 14 topics. The topics are Addiction, Agriculture, Animal Studies, Cancer, Cholesterol, Clinical Trials, Drug Research, Environment, HIV and AIDs, Medical, Mesothelioma, Nutrition, Prostate Cancer and Sanitation.

Toxicity (Addiction)

Degree of poisonousness: any substance in excessive amounts can act as a poison or toxin. With drugs, the margin between the dosage that produces beneficial effects and the dosage that produces toxic or poisonous effects varies with the drug and the person receiving it.

Toxicity (Agriculture)

Intensity of a poison.

Toxicity (Animal Studies)

Dose-dependent toxic properties and effects of a chemical substance. Toxicity is determined in “toxicity tests” and calculated in relation to body weight.

Toxicity (Cancer)

The quality of substances that causes ill effects.

Toxicity (Cholesterol)

The degree to which a substance can harm humans or animals.
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Toxicity (Clinical Trials)

An adverse effect produced by a drug that is detrimental to the participant's health. The level of toxicity associated with a drug will vary depending on the condition which the drug is used to treat.

Toxicity (Drug Research)

Quality of being poisonous. Examples of toxicity include the degree of toxicity of a virulent microbe, a compound, or drug.

Toxicity (Environment)

The degree to which a substance or mixture of substances can harm humans or animals. Acute toxicity involves harmful effects in an organism through a single or short-term exposure. Chronic toxicity is the ability of a substance or mixture of substances to cause harmful effects over an extended period, usually upon repeated or continuous exposure sometimes lasting for the entire life of the exposed organism. Subchronic toxicity is the ability of the substance to cause effects for more than one year but less than the lifetime of the exposed organism.

Toxicity (HIV and AIDs)

Undesirable side effects of a drug or treatment; can range from annoying to life-threatening.

Toxicity (Medical)

The extent to which a substance is poisonous

Toxicity (Mesothelioma)

The potential of a drug or agent to poison the system, or to cause adverse effects in addition to therapeutic effect.

Toxicity (Nutrition)

The quality of being poisonous. Toxicity reactions in the body impair bodily functions an/or damage cells.

Toxicity (Prostate Cancer)

The degree to which something is poisonous

Toxicity (Sanitation)

The adverse effect which a biologically active substance has, at some concentration, on a test organism.

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