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Definition of Ototoxic
1. Adjective. Toxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve. "Some drugs are ototoxic"
Definition of Ototoxic
1. Adjective. Causing ototoxicity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ototoxic
1. adversely affecting hearing or balance [adj]
Medical Definition of Ototoxic
1. Having a deleterious effect upon the eighth nerve or upon the organs of hearing and balance. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ototoxic
Literary usage of Ototoxic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National by Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"The Hearing Loss Research Program has also worked with various organizations to
help prepare guidelines on best practices related to ototoxic substances. ..."
2. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"Reflex audiometry has been applied to evaluating the ototoxic properties of a
number of drugs and chemicals including ototoxic antibiotics (46), ..."
3. Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services: Put Prevention Into Practice by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... cytomegalovirus, or herpes; bacterial meningitis; hyperbilirubinemia requiring
exchange transfusion; ototoxic medications used for more than 5 days; ..."
4. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Some antibiotics can be ototoxic. PARENCHYMA A general term referring to the
functional elements of an organ, as distinguished from its connective tissue ..."
5. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... be related to structure deterioration as much as they reflect overexposure in
industrialized societies to environmental noise and other ototoxic agents. ..."
6. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"... increasing years, as opposed to changes induced by ototoxic drugs or chronic
exposure to noise, particular diets, or other external factors, is unknown. ..."
7. Proposed National Strategies For The Prevention Of Leading Work-related (1988)
"ototoxic mechanisms. In: Altshuler RA, Hoffman DW, Bobbin RP. Neu- robiology of
hearing: the cochlea. 1986:441-54. New York: Raven Press. 43. ..."
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