Difference between revisions of "Xenobiotic"
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Latest revision as of 23:26, 3 March 2022
Definition of xenobiotic:
Compound with a chemical structure foreign to living organisms (e.g. drug, pesticide, or carcinogen).
This is the common definition for xenobiotic, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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Frequently restricted to man-made compounds.
