Asphyxiant

Asphyxiant

Substance that blocks the transport or use of oxygen by living organisms.

Note: Examples include both physical (nitrogen gas) and chemical (carbon monoxide) asphyxiants.

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asphyxiation

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Hazard due to electrical fire in treatment room.

asphyxiant

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Substance that blocks the transport or use of oxygen by living organisms. Note: Examples include both physical (nitrogen gas) and chemical (carbon monoxide) asphyxiants.

asphyxiate

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To suffocate; to choke.

asphyxiated

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In a state of asphyxia; suffocated.

asphyxiation

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The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.

asphyxial

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Of or relating to asphyxia; as, asphyxial phenomena.

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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

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

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

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

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