12 sentences with 'substance'
Example sentences and phrases with the word substance and other words derived from it.
• « -Give me the epinephrine! -ordered the anesthesiologist. He injected the substance directly into Luis' heart. »
• « An antibiotic is a substance extracted from a mould or other living structure, which inhibits the growth of other cells, such as bacteria. It is used against infectious diseases. »
• « An antigen is any substance capable of inducing a specific immune response when introduced into the tissues of an animal. The response may consist of antibody production in conjunction with the development of cell-mediated immunity, or specific immune tolerance. »
• « An antioxidant is the usually organic substance that prevents or retards the auto-oxidation of vitamins or other nutrients, both in the human body and in food, by inhibiting their chain reaction mechanism. »
• « A carcinogen is the agent or substance that causes cancer, such as radiation, tobacco smoke or asbestos fibres. »
• « Cholesterol is a lipid (non-water-soluble) substance found in certain foods such as eggs, and produced in the liver from saturated fats. »
• « Endorphin is a substance present in the nervous system, secreted by the body itself with analgesic effects. »
• « Streptomycin is an antibiotic substance produced by Streptomyces griseus, introduced by the biologist Selman Waksman in the pharmacological treatment of human tuberculosis. »
• « Vaccine is a substance designed to induce immunity against an infectious disease. This is achieved by sensitising the body's immune system to a particular disease-causing agent, be it bacteria, toxins or viruses. »
• « Vitiligo is the disappearance of colouring substance from the skin over more or less extensive areas due to the inability to produce the pigment melanin. »
• « Zootoxin is any toxic substance of animal origin, such as the venom of snakes, spiders, scorpions and some lizards. »
• « There was a remote possibility of freeing Dwayne with the help of a certain fat-like substance. »