| alkaline phosphatase |
An enzyme normally present in certain cells within the liver, bone, kidneys, intestine, and placenta. When the cells are destroyed in those tissues, more of the enzyme leaks into the blood, and levels rise in proportion to the severity of the condition. Measurement of this enzyme is used as an indication of the health of the liver.
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| alkalemia |
a blood pH above normal (> 7.45).
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| alkylating agent |
A chemical agent that can add alkyl groups (for example, ethyl or methyl groups) to another molecule; many mutagens act through alkylation.
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| alkaloid |
A group of plant derived substances with toxic properties, eg. pyrethrum.
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| alkali poisoning |
Symptoms: violent, caustic, acrid taste; great heat in the throat, with destruction of its lining membrane; difficult and painful deglutition; vomiting of bloody matter, which turns the yellow of turmeric brown; acute pain in the stomach; cold sweats, weakness, hiccough; violent colic pains, with purging of bloody stools and membranous flakes; death. [Dunglison1874]
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