Antidote

Antidote

Substance capable of specifically counteracting or reducing the effect of a potentially toxic substance in an organism by a relatively specific chemical or pharmacological action.

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Category: Toxicology
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antidote

Education; SAT vocabulary

Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.

antidote

Agriculture; Rice science

A remedy to counteract the toxic effects of a pesticide (e.g., atropine sulfate for carbamate and phosphate poisoning).

antidote

Travel; Travel services

a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

antidote

Medical; Medicine

a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison.

antidote

Law enforcement; Military; Terrorism

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.

antidote

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Substance capable of specifically counteracting or reducing the effect of a potentially toxic substance in an organism by a relatively specific chemical or pharmacological action.

recycling of waste

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Process or method allowing for the recovery of some value from a waste, either as re-usable material or as energy.

translation

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Process through which a polypeptide chain of amino acid molecules is generated as directed by the sequence of a particular messenger RNA sequence.

post-translational modification

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Processes by which proteins are biochemically modified within a cell following their synthesis in the ribosomes.

splicing

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Processes through which introns are removed from a messenger RNA prior to translation and the exons joined.

sympathomimetic

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.

adrenergic

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Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.

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