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  • adjective toxic to the liver; causing hepatotoxicity

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  • adjective toxic to the liver

Etymologies

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hepato- +‎ toxic.

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Examples

  • All are more or less hepatotoxic, that is, damaging to the liver.

    High School Confidential Jeremy Iversen 2006

  • TCE is the least hepatotoxic of all the chlorinated hydrocarbons, but acute exposure may cause a transient increase in liver enzymes. 4

    poison prevention for Delaware, Lehigh Valley, S.E. Pennsylvania 2010

  • So only use those labeled "hepatotoxic PA-free," which claim not to include that substance.

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  • She visited Ethiopia and East Africa (Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya) in 1970, mainly in the search for plants used as herbal medicines and foods, in order to investigate the role of hepatotoxic plants in liver disorders.

    Regina Schoental. 2009

  • Her plant studies included hepatotoxic plants in Ethiopia.

    Regina Schoental. 2009

  • The oral form taken in pills by the majority of steroid-using Mirador students is highly hepatotoxic and, to put it bluntly, can fill your liver with blood and kill you.

    High School Confidential Jeremy Iversen 2006

  • SMITH, L.W. and CULVENOR, C.C.J. (1981) Plant sources of hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

    Chapter 4 1994

  • Naltrexone is contraindicated in acute hepatitis or liver failure, and its use in patients with active liver disease must be carefully considered in light of its hepatotoxic effects.

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  • As with all unending drugs, should enroll hepatotoxic blanching to the needs and holder of each patient.

    Wii-volution 2010

  • In over-the-counter (otc) strengths, these substances are injected to carbonate and/or indicate heartburn, tizanidine picture indigestion, and hepatotoxic stomach.

    Wii-volution 2010

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