Chemicals and Drugs

Minerals

Native, inorganic or fossilized organic substances having a definite chemical composition and formed by inorganic reactions. They may occur as individual crystals or may be disseminated in some other mineral or rock. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed; McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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Native, inorganic or fossilized organic substances having a definite chemical composition and formed by inorganic reactions. They may occur as individual crystals or may be disseminated in some other mineral or rock. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed; McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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  • Mineral

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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/metabolism was MINERAL METABOLISM 1963-65

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  1. D01w.578w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Minerals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008903. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008903
  2. Minerals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral
  3. Minerals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7946