What's the difference between protogine and talc?

Protogine


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of granite or gneiss containing a silvery talcose mineral.

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Talc


Definition:

  • (n.) A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Instillation of a talc suspension with thoracostomy drainage is also a safe and effective technique and should be employed when tetracycline fails or is contraindicated.
  • (2) It does, however, support other work, such as an analysis in 2003 combining data from 16 studies, which found a 30% increase in ovarian cancer among talc users .
  • (3) Microscopic examination showed talc granulomas and arteritis.
  • (4) Four distinct forms of pulmonary disease caused by talc have been defined.
  • (5) Cancer incidence and cause-specific mortality were studied in a male cohort of 94 talc miners and 295 talc millers, exposed to non-asbestiform talc with low quartz content.
  • (6) This prospective study was designed to determine the efficacy of iodized talc pleurodesis in patients with pleural effusions.
  • (7) Lateral thoracotomy with pleural abrasion and application of talc was performed on 8 adult beagle dogs.
  • (8) At 5 weeks, dynamic transpulmonary and transrespiratory compliance were less in the TALC lungs when compared with CONTROL lungs.
  • (9) We conclude that the decrease in bone formation constitutes an important aspect of the host acute-phase response in a rat model of talc granulomatosis.
  • (10) Better estimates of exposure-dose relationships in talc and granite workers as well as longer-term animal studies are required to evaluate the harmfulness of these work environments at present-day exposure levels.
  • (11) Bone loss in talc granulomatosis is paralleled by hyperplasia of bone marrow in the rat.
  • (12) Talc (magnesium silicate) is a widely used, generally considered benign substance.
  • (13) Silica is a component of talc (magnesium silicate) used as a drug filler.
  • (14) Talcs under the Food and Drug Administration are not regulated as to asbestos content; however, all talcs were well below the level mandated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for industrial talcs.
  • (15) The etiology and possible role of systemic talc granulomatosis in the development of immunosuppressive illness is reported herein.
  • (16) Binding to talc on the other hand showed no specificity, and the sensitivity was less.
  • (17) 2) If the board and adjacent ones are firmly fixed, dust talc or chalk through the cracks to stop them rubbing together.
  • (18) We have examined workers exposed to curing fumes, processing dusts, and industrial talc and have begun to evaluate exposures of these workers in detail.
  • (19) The authors review the literature concerned with the carcinogenic hazards of a long term exposure to talc.
  • (20) The radioisotopes 46Sc, 60Co, 59Fe and 51Cr in the activated talc served as tracers.

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