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AGENT URTICANT [1 record]

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Record 1 1991-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toxicology
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

Something that produces urticaria.

OBS

[Any agent] causing an itching or stinging sensation, or creating a wheal, or both.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toxicologie
  • Armes CBRNE
CONT

Les agents de la guerre chimique et biologique. [...] Les urticants provoquent, à de très faibles concentrations, des brûlures et des démangeaisons cutanées plus ou moins passagères. En l'absence de protection, ils attaqueront également les muqueuses respiratoires et les yeux.

OBS

"urticant" (adjectif) : Se dit d'organes ou d'agents produisant une urtication.

OBS

"urtication" : Apparition sur une peau saine ou une dermatose préexistante d'un phénomène analogue à l'urticaire.

Spanish

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