56 relations: Ageusia, Alkylating antineoplastic agent, Alkylation, Anosmia, Blepharospasm, Blister, Blister agent, Bone marrow, British Approved Name, Cancer, Chemical warfare, Chemical Weapons Convention, Corneal ulcer, Cornelius P. Rhoads, Diethylamine, Diethylenetriamine, Diisopropylamine, Dimethylamine, Dimethylaminopropylamine, Edema, Erythema, Estramustine phosphate, Estrogen, Guanine, HN1 (nitrogen mustard), HN3 (nitrogen mustard), Hodgkin's lymphoma, Immune system, International nonproprietary name, Leukemia, List of Schedule 1 substances (CWC), Lymphoma, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Miosis, N,N-Diisopropylethylamine, N-Nitrosodimethylamine, Nitrogen mustard, Nosebleed, Pethidine, Photophobia, Platelet, Pneumonia, Post-Soviet states, Prostate cancer, Red blood cell, Rhinorrhea, Shortness of breath, Sulfur mustard, Tears, Triethylamine, ..., Triisopropylamine, Trimethylamine, Tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, United States Adopted Name, United States Pharmacopeia, White blood cell. Expand index (6 more) »
Ageusia
Ageusia is the loss of taste functions of the tongue, particularly the inability to detect sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami (meaning "pleasant/savory taste").
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Alkylating antineoplastic agent
An alkylating antineoplastic agent is an alkylating agent used in cancer treatment that attaches an alkyl group (CnH2n+1) to DNA.
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Alkylation
Alkylation is the transfer of an alkyl group from one molecule to another.
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Anosmia
Anosmia is the inability to perceive odor or a lack of functioning olfaction—the loss of the sense of smell.
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Blepharospasm
Blepharospasm is any abnormal contraction or twitch of the eyelid.
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Blister
A blister is a small pocket of body fluid (lymph, serum, plasma, blood, or pus) within the upper layers of the skin, typically caused by forceful rubbing (friction), burning, freezing, chemical exposure or infection.
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Blister agent
A blister agent, or vesicant, is a chemical compound that causes severe skin, eye and mucosal pain and irritation.
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Bone marrow
Bone marrow is a semi-solid tissue which may be found within the spongy or cancellous portions of bones.
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British Approved Name
A British Approved Name (BAN) is the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia (BP).
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Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
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Chemical warfare
Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons.
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Chemical Weapons Convention
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is an arms control treaty that outlaws the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and their precursors.
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Corneal ulcer
Corneal ulcer, or ulcerative keratitis, is an inflammatory or more seriously, infective condition of the cornea involving disruption of its epithelial layer with involvement of the corneal stroma.
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Cornelius P. Rhoads
Cornelius Packard "Dusty" Rhoads (June 9, 1898 – August 13, 1959) was an American pathologist, oncologist, and hospital administrator.
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Diethylamine
Diethylamine is an organic compound with the formula (CH3CH2)2NH.
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Diethylenetriamine
Diethylenetriamine (abbreviated DETA and also known as 2,2’-Iminodi(ethylamine)) is an organic compound with the formula HN(CH2CH2NH2)2.
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Diisopropylamine
Diisopropylamine is a secondary amine with the chemical formula (CH3)2HC-NH-CH(CH3)2.
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Dimethylamine
Dimethylamine is an organic compound with the formula (CH3)2NH.
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Dimethylaminopropylamine
Dimethylaminopropylamine (aka "DMAPA") is a diamine used in the preparation of some surfactants, such as cocamidopropyl betaine which is an ingredient in many personal care products including soaps, shampoos, and cosmetics.
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Edema
Edema, also spelled oedema or œdema, is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium, located beneath the skin and in the cavities of the body, which can cause severe pain.
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Erythema
Erythema (from the Greek erythros, meaning red) is redness of the skin or mucous membranes, caused by hyperemia (increased blood flow) in superficial capillaries.
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Estramustine phosphate
Estramustine phosphate (EMP), sold under the brand names Emcyt and Estracyt, is a medication which is used in the treatment of prostate cancer in men.
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Estrogen
Estrogen, or oestrogen, is the primary female sex hormone.
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Guanine
Guanine (or G, Gua) is one of the four main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA, the others being adenine, cytosine, and thymine (uracil in RNA).
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HN1 (nitrogen mustard)
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ethylamine is the organic compound with the formula C2H5N(CH2CH2Cl)2.
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HN3 (nitrogen mustard)
Tris(2-chloroethyl)amine is the organic compound with the formula N(CH2CH2Cl)3.
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Hodgkin's lymphoma
Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is a type of lymphoma which is generally believed to result from white blood cells of the lymphocyte kind.
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Immune system
The immune system is a host defense system comprising many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease.
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International nonproprietary name
The International Nonproprietary Name (INN) is an official generic and non-proprietary name given to a pharmaceutical drug or an active ingredient.
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Leukemia
Leukemia, also spelled leukaemia, is a group of cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal white blood cells.
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List of Schedule 1 substances (CWC)
Schedule 1 substances, in the sense of the Chemical Weapons Convention, are chemicals which can either be used as chemical weapons themselves or used in the manufacture of chemical weapons and which have no, or very limited, uses outside of chemical warfare.
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Lymphoma
Lymphoma is a group of blood cancers that develop from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell).
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) is a cancer treatment and research institution in New York City, founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital.
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Miosis
Miosis is excessive constriction of the pupil.
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N,N-Diisopropylethylamine
N,N-Diisopropylethylamine, or Hünig's base, DIPEA or DIEA, is an organic compound and an amine.
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N-Nitrosodimethylamine
N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), also known as dimethylnitrosamine (DMN), is a semi-volatile organic chemical, produced as by-product of several industrial processes and present at very low levels in certain foodstuffs, especially those cooked, smoked, or cured.
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Nitrogen mustard
Nitrogen mustards are cytotoxic chemotherapy agents derived from mustard gas.
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Nosebleed
A nosebleed, also known as epistaxis, is the common occurrence of bleeding from the nose.
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Pethidine
Pethidine, also known as meperidine and sold under the brand name Demerol among others, is a synthetic opioid pain medication of the phenylpiperidine class.
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Photophobia
Photophobia is a symptom of abnormal intolerance to visual perception of light.
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Platelet
Platelets, also called thrombocytes (from Greek θρόμβος, "clot" and κύτος, "cell"), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot.
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Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.
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Post-Soviet states
The post-Soviet states, also collectively known as the former Soviet Union (FSU) or former Soviet Republics, are the states that emerged and re-emerged from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in its breakup in 1991, with Russia internationally recognised as the successor state to the Soviet Union after the Cold War.
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Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the development of cancer in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system.
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Red blood cell
Red blood cells-- also known as RBCs, red cells, red blood corpuscles, haematids, erythroid cells or erythrocytes (from Greek erythros for "red" and kytos for "hollow vessel", with -cyte translated as "cell" in modern usage), are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system.
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Rhinorrhea
Rhinorrhea or rhinorrhoea is a condition where the nasal cavity is filled with a significant amount of mucus fluid.
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Shortness of breath
Shortness of breath, also known as dyspnea, is the feeling that one cannot breathe well enough.
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Sulfur mustard
Sulfur mustard, commonly known as mustard gas, is the prototypical substance of the sulfur-based family of cytotoxic and vesicant chemical warfare agents known as the sulfur mustards which have the ability to form large blisters on exposed skin and in the lungs.
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Tears
Tearing, lacrimation, or lachrymation is the secretion of tears, which often serves to clean and lubricate the eyes in response to an irritation of the eyes.
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Triethylamine
Triethylamine is the chemical compound with the formula N(CH2CH3)3, commonly abbreviated Et3N.
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Triisopropylamine
Triisopropylamine is an organic chemical compound consisting of three isopropyl groups bound to a central nitrogen atom.
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Trimethylamine
Trimethylamine (TMA) is an organic compound with the formula N(CH3)3.
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Tris(2-aminoethyl)amine
Tris(2-aminoethyl)amine is the organic compound with the formula N(CH2CH2NH2)3.
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United States Adopted Name
United States Adopted Names are unique nonproprietary names assigned to pharmaceuticals marketed in the United States.
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United States Pharmacopeia
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is a pharmacopeia (compendium of drug information) for the United States published annually by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (usually also called the USP), a nonprofit organization that owns the trademark and copyright.
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White blood cell
White blood cells (WBCs), also called leukocytes or leucocytes, are the cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.
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ATC code L01AA05, ATCvet code QL01AA05, Bis(2-chloroethyl)methylamine, C5H11Cl2N, Caryolysin, Caryolysine, Cloramin, Dichloren, Embichin, HN2, HN2 (nitrogen mustard), Mechlorethamine, Mechlorethamine hydrochloride, Mustargen, Mustergen, Mustine.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlormethine