| WGL | Wheat germ lectin |
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| WGA-HRP | wheat germ agglutinated horseradish peroxidase |
| WGA-HRP | wheat germ agglutinin conjugated to HRP |
| WGA-HRP | wheat germ agglutinin conjugated with horseradish peroxidase |
| thallium poisoning | A condition characterised by vomiting, diarrhoea, leg pains, and severe sensorimotor polyneuropathy; about three weeks after poisoning, temporary extensive loss of hair typically occurs; usually occurs after accidental ingestion of a rodenticide. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ergot poisoning | A syndrome brought on by the consumption of bread (notably rye) contaminated by the ergot fungus, Claviceps purpurea (rye smut), the source of numerous ergot alkaloids. The effects observed include peripheral vascular constriction leading to gangrene, partial paralysis with numbing, tingling and burning in the limbs, feeble pulse, restlessness, stupor or delirium. Can prove fatal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turpentine poisoning | Poisoning from oil of turpentine; symptoms include haematuria, albuminuria, and coma; the urine may have an odour of violets. Synonym: terebinthinism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zinc poisoning | <disease> Symptoms of zinc poisoning include chills, fever, headache and vomiting. (11 May 1997) |
| fescue poisoning | Poisoning by a toxic principle in tall fescue grass; mainly a disease of cattle, but sheep are sometimes affected; lameness in the hind feet is first noticed, followed by necrosis of the extremities. Synonym: fescue poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluoride poisoning | Gen or unspecified fluoride; prefer /pois with specific fluoride term (12 Dec 1998) |
| food poisoning | The development of gastroenteritis secondary to the consumption of bacteria or their toxic byproducts. Onset of symptoms may occur anywhere from 30 minutes to 12 hours after the ingestion of the tainted foodstuffs. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lead poisoning | <pharmacology> An environment hazard (for example, from lead-containing paint, leaded gasoline,etc) capable of causing brain damage. (25 Jun 1999) |
| lecheguilla poisoning | A plant toxaemia of sheep and goats in western Texas, southeastern New Mexico, and northern Mexico caused by eating Agave lecheguilla; there is liver damage resulting in icterus, sometimes haemoglobinuria, and often death, and photosensitivity with oedema, swelling, and crusting of the face and ears. Synonym: swellhead. (05 Mar 2000) |