Chemicals and Drugs

Water

A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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  • Hydrogen Oxide

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemistry, metabolism, parasitology, pharmacology, physiology, standards.

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note specifics; in body or tissue = BODY WATER; / admin: consider also FLUID THERAPY or INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL or REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; / adv eff: consider also WATER INTOXICATION; / metab must refer to metabolism of exogenous water; / stand: consider also WATER SUPPLY; / ther use: consider HYDROTHERAPY & related terms; / virol = WATER MICROBIOLOGY + specific virus; atmospheric water = HUMIDITY; hardness or softness of water: probably WATER / chem & not also HARDNESS but consider also WATER SOFTENING; water consumption = WATER or WATER SUPPLY if on a wide scale: on a personal level = WATER CONSUMPTION see DRINKING

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Water. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014867. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014867
  2. Water. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water
  3. Water. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283