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MeSH Heading: Silicon Dioxide
Tree Number(s): D01.578.750; D01.650.550.825; D01.837.725
Unique ID: D012822
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012822
Annotation: note entry term: do not confuse with SILICON; TN 172: differentiation among silic- terms; see MeSH definition for names of common forms of silicon dioxide
Scope Note: Transparent, tasteless crystals found in nature as agate, amethyst, chalcedony, cristobalite, flint, sand, QUARTZ, and tridymite. The compound is insoluble in water or acids except hydrofluoric acid.
Entry Term(s): Aerosil; Aerosil 380; Cristobalite; Quso G-32; Quso G32; Silica; Tridymite
CAS Type 1 Name: Silica
Public MeSH Note: 94; was SILICA 1963-93
Online Note: use SILICON DIOXIDE to search SILICA 1966-93
History Note: 94; was SILICA 1963-93
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/13

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

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economics (EC)

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immunology (IM)

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metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

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standards (ST)

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therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0019851
Scope Note: Transparent, tasteless crystals found in nature as agate, amethyst, chalcedony, cristobalite, flint, sand, QUARTZ, and tridymite. The compound is insoluble in water or acids except hydrofluoric acid.
Terms: Silicon Dioxide Preferred Term
Term UI T037808
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Cristobalite
Term UI T037805
Date12/06/1982
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Silica
Term UI T037811
Date07/18/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Tridymite
Term UI T037809
Date10/09/1986
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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