Chronic toxicity is a property of a substance that has toxic effects on a living organism, when that organism is exposed to the substance continuously or repeatedly. Compared with acute toxicity. Two distinct situations need to be considered: For example if a person drinks too much alcohol on a regular basis then their health may suffer as a resul...
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A toxic response to long-term exposure or dose of an agent.
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long-term toxicity antonym
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Injury that occurs after long-term exposure to a pesticide.
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See toxicity.
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<pharmacology> Illness caused by repeated or long-term exposure to low doses of a toxic substance. ... Compare: acute toxicity. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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The slow or delayed onset of an adverse effect, usually from multiple, long-term exposures. Chronic toxicity of a compound is not an indicator of its acute effects.
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The capacity of a substance to cause long-term or delayed adverse health effects. For example, a can
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Adverse effects occurring as a result of repeated dosing with a chemical on a daily basis, or exposure to the chemical, for a large part of an organism's lifespan (usually more than 50%). With experimental animals, this usually means a period of exposure of more than 3 months. Chronic exposure studies over 2 years using rats or mice are used to ass…
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The effect of a chemical (or test substance) in a mammalian species (usually rodent) following prolonged and repeated exposure for the major part of the lifetime of the species used for the test. Chronic exposure studies over two years are often used to assess the carcinogenic potential of chemicals.
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The capacity of a substance to cause long-term poisonous health effects in humans, animals, fish, and other organisms. (See acute toxicity.)
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