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Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 65, No. 9, pp. 2003-2122, 1993.

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION

COMMISSION ON TOXICOLOGY

Glossary for chemists of terms used in toxicology
(IUPAC Recommmendations 1993)

 

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x-disease: Hyperkeratotic disease in cattle following exposure to chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, naphthalenes and related compounds.

xenobiotic:
1. Strictly, any substance interacting with an organism that is not a natural component of that organism.
SN exogenous substance, foreign substance or compound.
2. Man-made compounds with chemical structures foreign to a given organism.
Nagel et al. (eds), 1991
SN anthropogenic substance.

 

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