Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Foreign to the body or to living organisms. Used of chemical compounds.
- n. A xenobiotic chemical, such as a pesticide.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to xenobiosis.
- adj. biology Relating to a substance foreign to the body or ecological system.
- n. biology Any foreign compound not produced by an organism's metabolism
Etymologies
- xeno- + biotic (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Bacteria respond to a xenobiotic by recruiting exogenous genes to establish a pathway to degrade the xenobiotic, which is necessary for their adaptation and survival.”
“Epub ahead of print "Biological definition of multiple chemical sensitivity from redox state and cytokine profiling and not from polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes.”
The Huffington Post: Leo Galland, M.D.: Why You Need to Detoxify 24 Hours a Day
“[Epub ahead of print] "Biological definition of multiple chemical sensitivity from redox state and cytokine profiling and not from polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes.”
The Huffington Post: Leo Galland, M.D.: Why You Need to Detoxify 24 Hours a Day
“They're switching over to the name Xe (like in the words xenophobia or xenobiotic, which fittingly refers to a chemical substance that is foreign and usually harmful to living organisms).”
ZP Heller: Blackwater by Any Other Name Would Still Smell Like Shit
“Thus, reduction reactions frequently result in activation of a xenobiotic rather than detoxification.”
“Since the liver is the primary site for biotransformation, it is also potentially quite vulnerable to the toxic action of a xenobiotic that is activated to a more toxic compound.”
“A threshold for toxic effects occurs at the point where the body's ability to detoxify a xenobiotic or repair toxic injury has been exceeded.”
“The plasma level of a xenobiotic is important since it generally reflects the concentration of the toxicant at the site of action.”
“At low doses, a xenobiotic may follow a biotransformation pathway that detoxifies the substance.”
“Glucuronidation is a high-capacity pathway for xenobiotic conjugation.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘xenobiotic’.
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phrontistery-x
from phrontistery.info
xyston, xystus, xystarch, xylotomous, xyster, xylorimba, xylotherapy, xylopolist, xylophory, xylophilous, xylophagous, xylometer and 82 more...
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Drugs
Takes 12-15 years and $800 million to bring a drug to the market. For every 10,000 compounds that go through animal studies, 10 will go to human trials (3 phases) to get 1 to the market.
In g...ephedrine, penicillin, librium, tetracycline, xenobiotic, teratogenic, labile sites, cholinergic, prostaglandin, patient compliance, GABA, barbiturates and 72 more...
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phrontistery-x
from phrontistery.info
xanthareel, xanthic, xanthippe, xanthocarpous, xanthochroia, xanthochroic, xanthocomic, xanthocyanopsy, xanthoderm, xanthodont, xanthoma, xanthometer and 82 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Inner B
Words with the letter b within the word, not just as the initial or last letter.
remember, maybe, able, unable, nimble, cable, reusable, thimble, cymbal, capable, tremble, enable and 143 more...
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3248 more...
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Strangers in the Night
xenobiotic, xenocryst, xenodiagnosis, xenodochium, xenogamy, xenogeneic, xenoglossy, xenograft, xenolith, xenomania, xenophile, xenophobia and 1 more...
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