(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.