Hepatotoxicity

/ˌhɛpətɒkˈsɪsɪti/ noun

Definition

The degree or severity to which a substance can damage or poison liver cells.

Etymology

From 'hepatotoxic' + '-ity' (suffix forming nouns of state or quality). The noun form quantifies how much harm a substance can do to the liver.

Kelly Says

Pharmaceutical companies spend billions testing hepatotoxicity because the liver is irreplaceable—you only get one, and once it's scarred (cirrhosis), you can't fix it, which is why so many medications have strict dosage limits.

Translations

ARالعربية
تسمم الكبد
tah-sahm al-kabid
DADansk
hepatotoxicitet
eh-pah-toh-ksee-tee-see-teh-t
DEDeutsch
Hepatotoxizität
heh-pah-toh-ksee-tee-tsah-t
ESEspañol
hepatotoxicidad
eh-pah-toh-ksee-tee-dahd
FRFrançais
hépatotoxicité
eh-pah-toh-ksee-tee-teh
HIहिन्दी
यकृत विषाक्तता
yak-rit vish-ahk-tah-tah
IDBahasa Indonesia
hepatotoksisitas
eh-pah-toh-toh-see-see-tahs
ITItaliano
epatotossicità
eh-pah-toh-toh-see-chee-tah
JA日本語
肝毒性
kan-doku-sei
KO한국어
간독성
gahn-dok-seong
NLNederlands
hepatotoxiciteit
eh-pah-toh-ksee-tee-teh-t
NONorsk
hepatotoxicitet
eh-pah-toh-ksee-tee-see-teh-t
PLPolski
hepatotoksyczność
heh-pah-toh-ksee-cheh-nost
PTPortuguês
hepatotoxicidade
eh-pah-toh-ksee-tee-tee-dahd
RUРусский
гепатотоксичность
geh-pah-toh-ksee-cheh-nost
SVSvenska
hepatotoxicitet
eh-pah-toh-ksee-tee-see-teh-t
THไทย
พิษตับ
pee-sahp dtahp
TRTürkçe
karaciğer zehirlenmesi
kah-rah-jee-yehr zeh-eer-leh-nmeh-see
VITiếng Việt
độc tính gan
dohk tinh gahn
ZH中文
肝毒性
gān dú xìng

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