| ATA | alimentary toxic aleukia; American Thyroid Association; aminotriazole; antithymic activity; antithyr... |
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| ATE | acute toxic encephalopathy; adipose tissue extract; autologous tumor extract |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| ITS | infective toxic shock |
| LETD | lowest effective toxic dose |
| toxic multinodular goiter | Condition in which the thyroid gland contains multiple lumps (nodules) that are overactive, produce excess thyroid hormones and thereby cause hyperthyroidism. This condition is also known as parry's disease or plummer's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| toxic nephrosis | Acute oliguric renal failure due to chemical poisons, septicaemia, or bacterial toxaemia; frequently associated with extensive necrosis of proximal convoluted tubules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic neuritis | Neuritis caused by an endogenous or exogenous toxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic nodular goitre | <endocrinology> An enlarged thyroid gland which contains nodules which release excess thyroid hormone. This condition usually arises from long-standing simple goitre in the elderly. Symptoms of hyperthyroidism result. (12 Jan 1998) |
| toxic psychosis | A psychosis caused by some toxic substance, whether endogenous or exogenous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic retinopathy | Retinal changes due to prolonged administration of various drugs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic shock | See toxic shock syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| toxic shock syndrome | <syndrome> A blood-borne bacterial infection caused by the genus Staphylococcus. Usually effects menstruating females under the age of thirty and was associated in the past with the use of a particular type of tampon (no longer used). Common symptoms include: fever, chills, vomiting, sore throat, headache and decreased urine output. Progression of disease can result in lowering of blood pressure (shock) and renal failure. Treatment includes hospitalisation and intravenous antibiotics emergently. (27 Sep 1997) |
| toxic substances | A chemical or mixture of chemicals that presents a high risk of injury to human health or to the environment. (05 Dec 1998) |
| toxic tetanus | Tonic spasms caused by strychnine or other tetanic. Synonym: toxic tetanus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic unit | A unit formerly synonymous with minimal lethal dose but which, because of the instability of toxins, is now measured in terms of the quantity of standard antitoxin with which the toxin combines. See: L doses, minimal lethal dose. Synonym: toxin unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxicaemia | 1. <microbiology> The condition resulting from the spread of bacterial products (toxins) by the bloodstream. 2. <biochemistry> A condition resulting from metabolic disturbances, for example toxaemia of pregnancy. Origin: Gr. Haima = blood (18 Nov 1997) |
| toxical | Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines. Origin: L. Toxicum poison, originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. (sc) poison for smearing arrows with, fr. Of or for the bow, from bow, arrow. Cf. Intoxicate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| toxicant | Synonym: poisonous. 2. Any poisonous agent, specifically an alcoholic or other poison, causing symptoms of what is popularly called intoxication. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxicity | The quality of being poisonous, especially the degree of virulence of a toxic microbe or of a poison. (18 Nov 1997) |
| toxicological |
of or relating to toxicology
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| toxicology |
the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons
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of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
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toxic shock: syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus; characterized by fever and diarrhea and nausea and diffuse erythema and shock; occurs especially in menstruating women using highly absorbent tampons
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poisonous: having the qualities or effects of a poison poison: any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
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| toxic | in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch |
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| toxic | poisonous shrub of the North American Pacific coast causing a rash on contact |
| toxic | poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact |
| toxic | climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries |
| toxic | small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained |
| toxic | smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries |
| toxic | of or relating to toxicology |
| toxic | of or relating to toxicology |
| toxic | one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment |
| toxic | the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons |