Biology GCSE
Toxicity
What Toxicity means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Toxicity
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The capacity of the drug to cause harm, tested at different concentrations to see whether it harms cells, tissues or whole organisms.
Topics that use Toxicity
- Discovery and development of drugs (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Clinical trials
- Dose
- Drug discovery and development
- Efficacy
- Evidence before human trials
- Natural sources of medicines
- Optimum dose
- Patients
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