Definitions for acute toxicity
acute tox·i·c·i·ty

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1. acute toxicitynoun

   The ability of a substance to cause harmful effects soon after a single exposure or dose.

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1. Acute toxicity

   Acute toxicity describes the adverse effects of a substance that result either from a single exposure or from multiple exposures in a short period of time (usually less than 24 hours). To be described as acute toxicity, the adverse effects should occur within 14 days of the administration of the substance.Acute toxicity is distinguished from chronic toxicity, which describes the adverse health effects from repeated exposures, often at lower levels, to a substance over a longer time period (months or years). It is widely considered unethical to use humans as test subjects for acute (or chronic) toxicity research. However, some information can be gained from investigating accidental human exposures (e.g., factory accidents). Otherwise, most acute toxicity data comes from animal testing or, more recently, in vitro testing methods and inference from data on similar substances.

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1. Acute toxicity

   Acute toxicity describes the adverse effects of a substance that result either from a single exposure or from multiple exposures in a short space of time. To be described as acute toxicity, the adverse effects should occur within 14 days of the administration of the substance. Acute toxicity is distinguished from chronic toxicity, which describes the adverse health effects from repeated exposures, often at lower levels, to a substance over a longer time period. It is widely considered unethical to use humans as test subjects for acute toxicity research. However, some information can be gained from investigating accidental human exposures. Otherwise, most acute toxicity data comes from animal testing or, more recently, in vitro testing methods and inference from data on similar substances.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of acute toxicity in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of acute toxicity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of acute toxicity in a Sentence

1. Chensheng Lu:

   This single incident would be reflective of acute toxicity. Pesticides play a role in acute and chronic health problems depending on the level of exposure, if you can measure residue in this kid's brain, then she was probably exposed to a very significant level of pesticide.

2. Panagis Galiatsatos:

   For me, this case is not surprising, not unexpected and it goes along with the acute toxicity that we see from vaping happening in the most fragile parts of the lungs, for popcorn lung, the actual scientific name is bronchiolitis obliterans, and the bronchiolitis obliterans name implies obliterating the bronchioles, the most distal part of the lungs -- and that's what that disease did. It just knocked those completely out.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Acute_Toxicity
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_Toxicity
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=acute toxicity