- Industry: Library & information science
- Number of terms: 152252
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
Substances, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, which block the activity of cyclo-oxygenase (COX), an enzyme that is responsible for the formation of prostanoids (including prostaglandins, prostacyclin and thromboxane); inhibition of COX can provide relief from inflammation and pain.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Change in biochemistry, physiology, growth, development morphology, behavior, or lifespan of an organism which results in impairment of functional capacity or impairment of capacity to compensate for additional stress or increase in susceptibility to other environmental influences.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
1. Chemical which injures the target organism through physical contact and skin absorption rather than through ingestion or inhalation.
2. Pesticide (herbicide) that causes injury to only the plant tissue to which it is applied or which is not appreciably translocated within plants.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
1. Addition of methanol, acetone or other suitable chemical(s) to alcohol to make it unfit for drinking.
2. Change in molecular structure of proteins so that they cannot function normally, often caused by splitting of hydrogen bonds following exposure to reactive substances or heat.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Selected subjects of study, identified as a rule before a study is done, which comprises humans, animals, or other species who do not have the disease, intervention, procedure or whatever is being studied, but in all other respects are as nearly identical to the test group as possible.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Selected subjects of study, identified as a rule before a study is done, which comprises humans, animals, or other species who do not have the disease, intervention, procedure or whatever is being studied, but in all other respects are as nearly identical to the test group as possible.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Ratio of the absorbed quantity (uptake) of a substance to the administered quantity (intake).
Note: For exposure by way of the respiratory tract, the absorption coefficient is the ratio of the absorbed amount to the amount of the substance (usually particles) deposited (adsorbed) in the lungs.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Number or proportion of individuals in a group who experience the onset of a health-related event during a specified time interval.
Note: This interval is generally the same for all members of the group, but, as in lifetime incidence, it may vary from person to person without reference to age.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Number or proportion of individuals in a group who experience the onset of a health-related event during a specified time interval.
Note: This interval is generally the same for all members of the group, but, as in lifetime incidence, it may vary from person to person without reference to age.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
1. Adjustment of data to allow for change in proportion between an organ or organs and other body parts during the growth of an organism.
2. Adjustment of data to allow for differences and make comparisons between species having dissimilar characteristics, e.g., in size, shape, and metabolism.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
