target organ

collocation in English

meaningsoftargetandorgan

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target
noun
uk
/ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/us
/ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/
an object shot at during shooting practice, often a circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place at which bullets, bombs, etc. ...
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organ
noun
uk
/ˈɔː.ɡən/us
/ˈɔːr.ɡən/
a part of the body of an animal or plant that performs a ...
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(Definition oftargetandorganfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Tests of autonomic reflexes require that the functional state of thetargetorganis assessed initially, and as far as possible independently of its innervation.
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These aneuploidy data may also have been influenced by differences in the bioavailability of tamoxifen among species and intargetorganspecificity of tamoxifen activity.
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These technologies either fully or partially replace thetargetorgan.
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After acquisition of thetargetorgan, multiplanar imaging analysis and tomographic imaging analysis are possible.
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These changes may be due to factors at thetargetorgan, or at the receptor level.
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Thetargetorgancan shrink, bringing more of the organ at risk into the treatment area.
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The term 'end-organ' refers to thetargetorganwhere the inflammatory response is directed.
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What are perceived as autonomic disorders in old age arise from many sources, of which alteration in trophic interactions betweentargetorganand nerve appears to be a major contributor.
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The primarytargetorganfor the larva is the liver where it proliferates slowly, but it also spreads into extrahepatic structures and even metastasises to distant organs.
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There is no assay capable of measuring long-term exposure to fluoride, although bone fluoride levels are the most relevant measure of accumulation in thetargetorgan.
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The maintargetorganof phosphine gas is the respiratory tract.
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Cancer must grow in a primary site, extravasate and survive in the circulation to then intravasate at atargetorgan(invasive species survival in transport).
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Thetargetorgan(organ that receives the largest radiation dose in the average scan) is the colon (large bowel).
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Substances and mixtures of the single exposuretargetorgantoxicity hazard class are assigned to one of three hazard categories.
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This plaque result in obstructed blood flow leading to diminished amounts of oxygen and nutrients, that reach thetargetorgan.
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Narcotic effects and respiratory tract irritation are considered to betargetorgansystemic effects following a single exposure.
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Hormones act by binding to specific receptors in thetargetorgan.
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Recently researchers have argued that the addiction process is like the disease model, with atargetorgan, a defect, and symptoms of the disease.
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Pictograms include the harmonized hazard symbols plus other graphic elements, such as borders, background patterns or cozers and substances which havetargetorgantoxicity.
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If there is a high activity in organs adjacent to the one under investigation, the image of thetargetorgancan be obscured.
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