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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
In the living body, referring to a study performed on a living organism.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
In the living body, referring to a study performed on a living organism.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
In the USA, non-regulatory health-based reference level of chemical traces (usually in ppm, i.e., mg L-1) in drinking water at which there are no adverse health risks when ingested over various periods of time.
Note: Such levels are established for one day, 10 days, long-term and life-time exposure periods. They allow for a wide margin of safety.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Inability to become pregnant within 1 year of unprotected intercourse.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Increase in the rate of synthesis of an enzyme in response to the action of an inducer or environmental conditions.
Note: Often the inducer is the substrate of the induced enzyme or a structurally similar substance (gratuitous inducer) that is not metabolized.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Infant during the first 4 weeks of postnatal life.
Note: For statistical purposes some scientists have defined the period as the first seven days of postnatal life. The precise definition varies from species to species.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Inflammation of the kidney, leading to kidney failure, usually accompanied by proteinuria, hematuria, edema, and hypertension.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Ingestion or administration of nutrients in excess of optimal amounts.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Inhalation of sidestream smoke by people who do not smoke themselves.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Inhomogeneous space region intermediate between two bulk phases in contact, and where properties are significantly different from, but related to, the properties of the bulk phases.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
