| ODTS | organic dust toxic syndrome |
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| TODS | toxic organic dust syndrome |
| cotton-mill fever | <chest medicine> Exposures to cotton dust during the production of yarns, linen and rope can produce chronic obstructive lung disease (after 10 years). Early symptoms include chest tightness. Treatment includes bronchodilators and removal from work environment. (21 Mar 1998) |
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| cotton-root bark | Dried root bark of Gossypium herbaceum and other species of Gossypium (family Malvaceae). Has been used as an abortifacient and oxytocic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cotton-wool patches | <clinical sign, ophthalmology> White, fuzzy areas on the surface of the retina (accumulations of cellular organelles) caused by damage (usually infarction) of the retinal fibre layer. Synonym: cotton-wool spots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cotton-wool spots | <clinical sign, ophthalmology> White, fuzzy areas on the surface of the retina (accumulations of cellular organelles) caused by damage (usually infarction) of the retinal fibre layer. Synonym: cotton-wool spots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| purified cotton | Absorbent cotton in which the hairs of the seed of varieties of Gossypium and other allied species are freed from adhering impurities, deprived of fatty matter, bleached, and sterilised; used for tampons, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soluble gun cotton | <chemistry> A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is soluble in alcohol, ether, etc. Synonym: pyroxyle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| styptic cotton | Absorbent cotton wet with a dilute solution of ferric chloride, and then dried; applied locally as a haemostatic. (05 Mar 2000) |