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Carbon Dioxide

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Definition: A colorless, odorless gas that can be formed by the body and is necessary for the respiration cycle of plants and animals.  in respiration, /physiol permitted; /metab permitted for cell & tissue resp & non-lung tissue but do not use /metab for gas exchange in lung (   
See Also Capnography; Hypercapnia; Hypocapnia
Examples Dry Ice 		Other names Carbonic Anhydride; Dioxide, Carbon; Anhydride, Carbonic
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
carboxyl radical  14485-07-5   *Carbon Dioxide Free Radicals. Biochimie 1983;65(11-12):593
pneumoxide  84128-91-6 Carbon dioxide, mixt. with nitrogen and oxygen  *Carbon Dioxide *Nitrogen *Oxygen. Sb Lek 1982;84(7):193
carbogen  8063-77-2   *Carbon Dioxide *Oxygen.
Pharma Action Radiation-Sensitizing Agents 		Doc Ophthalmol 40(1):55;1976

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