| chemical warfare | Tactical warfare using incendiary mixtures, smokes, or irritant, burning, or asphyxiating gases. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| chemical warfare agents | Chemicals that are used to cause the disturbance, disease, or death of humans during war. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacteriological warfare | <microbiology> Use of harmful bacteria by the military as weapons against the enemy. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| biological warfare | <microbiology> The military use of harmful biological agents such as pathogenic bacteria. (21 Mar 1998) |
| psychological warfare | The manipulation of psychological influences, primarily concerned with morale, to strengthen the ability of one's own country and weaken the enemy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nuclear warfare | Warfare involving the use of nuclear weapons. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acute chemical pneumonitis | <chest medicine> Inflammation of the lungs which occurs secondary to exposure to a chemical, organic dust, fungus or mould. Chronic exposure can lead to chronic lung changes evident on chest X-ray. Symptoms include cough, fever, shortness of breath and wheezing. See: bird-handler's disease. (27 Sep 1997) |
| mechanico-chemical | Pertaining to, connected with, or dependent upon, both mechanics and chemistry; said especially of those sciences which treat of such phenomena as seem to depend on the laws both of mechanics and chemistry, as electricity and magnetism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| chemical | 1. <chemistry> Of or pertaining to, chemistry. 2. A substance composed of chemical elements or obtained by chemical processes. (21 May 1997) |
| chemical and pharmacologic phenomena | Chemical, pharmacologic, and metabolic action and interaction of drugs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chemical antidote | A substance that unites with a poison to form an innocuous chemical compound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical attraction | The force impelling atoms of different elements or molecules to unite to form new substances or compounds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical bond | The link between two atoms within a molecule. Different types of chemical bonds include hydrogen bonds, covalent bonds, and ionic bonds. (09 Oct 1997) |
| chemical burn | A burn due to a caustic chemical. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical cautery | Any substance that destroys tissue upon application. Synonym: chemical cautery, chemicocautery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical ceptor | Ceptor that initiates chemical reactions in response to the appropriate stimuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical change | A process in which one or more substances are changed into one or more different substances. (09 Oct 1997) |