Biomaterial Database

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UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002273	Carcinogens	Substances that increase the risk of NEOPLASMS in humans or animals. Both genotoxic chemicals, which affect DNA directly, and nongenotoxic chemicals, which induce neoplasms by other mechanism, are included.	Carcinogen,Oncogen,Oncogens,Tumor Initiator,Tumor Initiators,Tumor Promoter,Tumor Promoters,Initiator, Tumor,Initiators, Tumor,Promoter, Tumor,Promoters, Tumor
D003264	Containment of Biohazards	Physical and biological barriers to the spread of potentially hazardous biologically active agents such as bacteria, viruses, recombinant nucleotides, or contaminated bio-specimens.	Biohazards Containment,Biohazard Containment,Biological Containment,Biosafety,Containment, Biologic,Physical Containment,Biologic Containment,Containment, Biohazard,Containment, Biohazards,Containment, Biological,Containment, Physical
D006113	United Kingdom	Country in northwestern Europe including Great Britain and the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland, located between the North Sea and north Atlantic Ocean. The capital is London.	Great Britain,Isle of Man
D001194	Asbestos	Asbestos. Fibrous incombustible mineral composed of magnesium and calcium silicates with or without other elements. It is relatively inert chemically and used in thermal insulation and fireproofing. Inhalation of dust causes asbestosis and later lung and gastrointestinal neoplasms.