See Also: polyoxyl 40 stearate(medicine)
industrial medicine(encyclopedia)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
stearate(medicine)
sodium stearate(medicine)
magnesium stearate(medicine)
erythromycin stearate(medicine)
Erythrocin stearate(health)
zinc stearate(medicine)
calcium stearate(medicine)

industrial disease (medicine) and polyoxyl 40 stearate (medicine)


industrial disease (medicine)


industrial disease


A morbid condition resulting from exposure to an agent discharged by a commercial enterprise into the environment.

Compare: occupational disease.


polyoxyl 40 stearate (medicine)


polyoxyl 40 stearate


A mixture of the monostearate and distearate esters of a condensation polymer, H(OCH2CH2)n-OCOC16H32CH3 (n is approximately 40); it is a nonionic surface-active agent used as an emulsifying agent in hydrophilic ointment and Other emulsions.