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Definition of Hepatotoxic

1. Adjective. Toxic to the liver.

Definition of Hepatotoxic

1. Adjective. toxic to the liver; causing hepatotoxicity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hepatotoxic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Hepatotoxic

1. A compound that is toxic to liver cells. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hepatotoxic

Literary usage of Hepatotoxic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Serum ALT and SDH activities in control and MT-TG mice 24 hr after injection of a hepatotoxic dose of CdCl2 (3.1 mg/kg Cd ¡v). Values represent the mean ..."

2. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1903)
"Upon microscopic examination a moderate granular degeneration only was found. EFFECTS ON THE KIDNEY OF hepatotoxic SERUM. As it seemed desirable to control ..."

3. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Unfortunately, the plant has one of the highest concentrations of hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (Bah et al. 1994). Development of non-timber forest ..."

4. Gulf War And Health by Institute of Medicine (2005)
"hepatotoxic changes (fatty changes, hyperplasia, hemosiderosis, ... Oral exposure to hydrazine also caused hepatotoxic effects in rats, mice, and hamsters ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1915)
"... the hemolytic sera, nor to the numerous other cytolytic and cytotoxic sera that have been experimentally produced, such as the hepatotoxic, ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"... the hemolytic sera, nor to the numerous other cytolytic and cytotoxic sera that have been experimentally produced, such as the hepatotoxic, ..."

7. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... that a single molecular species is involved in a wide variety of inductive responses; such as those to dietary, hepatotoxic and neoplastic changes (17). ..."

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