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Teratogen definition

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A teratogen is a substance that produces a malformation in a foetus.

Three-dimensional Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (3D-QSAR)

A three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship is the analysis of the quantitative relationship between the biological activity of a set of compounds and their spatial properties using statistical methods.

Topliss treeA Topliss tree is an operational scheme for analog design.

Transition-state analogA transition-state analog is a compound that mimics the transition state of a substrate bound to an enzyme.

XenobioticA xenobiotic is a compound foreign to an organism (xenos [greek] = foreign).

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surface tension definition
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