Chemical warfare

Chemical warfare

Military operations using the toxic properties of chemical agents to kill, injure or incapacitate human beings, animals, or plants.

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Industry/Domain: Biology; Chemistry
Category: Toxicology
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chemical warfare

Law enforcement; Military; Terrorism

The use of toxic chemicals as weapons, not including herbicides used to defoliate battlegrounds or riot control agents such as tear gas or mace.

chemical warfare

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Military operations using the toxic properties of chemical agents to kill, injure or incapacitate human beings, animals, or plants.

chemical warfare

Medical; Health care; Medicine

Tactical warfare using incendiary mixtures, smokes, or irritant, burning, or asphyxiating gases.

chemical warfare

Military; World War II

Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare and biological warfare, which ...

chemical warfare (CW)

Military; General military

All aspects of military operations involving the employment of lethal and incapacitating munitions/agents and the warning and protective measures associated with such offensive ...

chemical warfare agent

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A chemical substance intended to kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate humans through physiological effects.

recycling of waste

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

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

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

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

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

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

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