Definition of Hepatotoxicity

1. Noun. toxicity that damages the liver ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hepatotoxicity

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Hepatotoxicity

1. Destructive to the liver. See: hepatotoxic. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hepatotoxicity

hepatosplenic
hepatosplenitis
hepatosplenography
hepatosplenomegalies
hepatosplenomegaly
hepatosplenopathy
hepatosteatosis
hepatostomy
hepatotherapy
hepatotomy
hepatotoxaemia
hepatotoxic
hepatotoxicant
hepatotoxicants
hepatotoxicities
hepatotoxicity (current term)
hepatotoxin
hepatotoxins
hepatotropic
hepatotumorigenesis
hepatovirus
hepatoxic
hepatoxicities
hepatoxicity
hepatozoonoses
hepatozoonosis
hepcat
hepcats
hepcidin
hepcidins

Literary usage of Hepatotoxicity

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

1. Assessing the Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene: Key Scientific Issues by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Background information on trichloroethylene metabolism is provided in Appendix C. In this chapter, hepatotoxicity and liver cancer are discussed separately, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Ethanol has been shown to potentiate CCU hepatotoxicity in both rats and mice (5, 17). In the present study ethanol did not significantly potentiate CCU ..."

3. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Zinc increases synthesis of metallothionein (MT), a thiol-rich protein that sequesters cadmium and prevents acute hepatotoxicity, leading instead to chronic ..."

4. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"Three other major adverse effects include hepatotoxicity, ... hepatotoxicity, usually mild, is another side effect; it appears to be reversible when the ..."

5. Treatment of Depression edited by Cynthia D. Mulrow (2000)
"... Three large studies have reported rates of hepatotoxicity with paroxetine and fluvoxamine.536'642'674 Rates of hepatotoxicity range from 0.01 ..."

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