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Hemlock
Medical Definition: | Any of several poisonous plants, commonly called poison hemlock, of the CICUTA or CONIUM genus. The hemlock tree (TSUGA) is completely unrelated being a coniferous tree of the pine family. |
Guide Notes: | for hemlock tree use TSUGA; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics: CONIUM or CICUTA; coord with specific PLANT COMPONENTS term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATION or its indentations |
Previously Indexed: | Plant Poisoning (1966-1994) |
Cicuta - A plant genus of the family APIACEAE. It is a source of cicutoxin. | |
Conium - A plant genus of the family APIACEAE that is a source of coniine. |
Hemlock Medical Definitions and Terms
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