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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

xenobiotics

Chinese translation:

异生物

Added to glossary by jjy
May 19, 2004 10:29
20 yrs ago
English term

xenobiotics

Non-PRO English to Chinese Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals
moleculers that will be eliminated from a human body

Proposed translations

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异生物

From: 简明英汉汉英医学词典, 人民卫生出版社

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Note added at 15 mins (2004-05-19 10:44:50 GMT)
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金山词霸: 宾主共栖生物
Peer comment(s):

agree Denyce Seow : 异生物/异生素
7 mins
agree Shang
35 mins
agree Silvia_P
43 mins
agree Chinoise
1 hr
agree HymnLau
3 hrs
agree Edward LIU
4 hrs
agree Lu Zou : 或者异源物
11 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you! I prefer this translation."
+2
3 hrs

异生化合/生物系统的化学异物

xenobiotics
Chemical substances that are foreign to the biological system. They include naturally occurring compounds, drugs, environmental agents, carcinogens, insecticide, etc.

异生化合: 生物系统的化学异物
英中医学辞海

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Note added at 3 hrs 53 mins (2004-05-19 14:23:31 GMT)
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这是词典与词典之争。
Peer comment(s):

agree chica nueva : I guess it is right. 'xeno' = 'stranger, foreigner' as in 'xenophobia'
16 hrs
agree Chinoise
22 hrs
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+1
20 hrs

xenobiotics has different meanings depending on the context...

It seems xenobiotic has a scientific meaning and a meaning in use by the environmental movement. Several examples below. Not sure that they would all be eliminated from the body, though??

[PDF] Radical杛adical reactions of superoxide: a potential route to ...
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... Although phenolic structures are common in many xenobiotics, including nutritional
antioxidants, drugs, and carcinogens, the possibility that their radical reac ...
www.chmeds.ac.nz/research/freerad/ public/2003/superoxiderev.pdf - Similar pages
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[PDF] Witness Brief Form 2 Royal Commission on Genetic Modification
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... genes.
Peer comment(s):

agree Chinoise
5 hrs
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