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Carcinogen | A substance, an organism or a radiation that causes or promotes cancer.
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Cell Penetration Capacity | The property of nanomaterials to penetrate cell walls or membranes due to their small size.
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Chronic | Denotes a slowly occurring or long-lasting effect (e.g. toxic effects occurring only after long exposure time or a protracted inflammation).
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Clearance | In medicine, it is a measurement of the excretion ability of certain organs like the kidneys or the liver. It corresponds to the calculated plasma volume per unit of time [ml/min], which was cleared of a particular substance.
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Co-culture | describes a complex model system for the simultaneous cultivation of different cell types which mimics the interaction of the cell types in the natural environment (organs, body). A well-known example for this are lung models that consist of lung epithelial cells, macrophages, endothelial cells and further immunocompetent cells as these are present in the lung as well.
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Coating | Is a covering that is applied as a thin film to the surface of an object, e.g. nanoparticles.
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Colloids | Very small solid particles (typically smaller than 10 µm) suspended in a solvent. Compared with solids in suspensions, solids in a
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Concentration | Collective term for measures related to volume, e.g. g/ml, kg/l, g/cm3. Due to their high surface/volume ratio, for nanoparticles instead of mass-related, surface-related
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Crystal structure | Describes the regular arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal lattice. Different lattice structures of the same material (e.g. titanium dioxide) give nanoparticles different chemical and physical properties (e.g. photocatalytic activity).
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Cytoplasm | Is referred to as the entire living content of a cell, which is enclosed to the outside by the cell membrane.
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Cytosol | Also intracellular fluid or cytoplasmic matrix; cytosol is referred to as the liquid components of the cytoplasm of cells. The cytosol consists of water and therein dissolved ions, small molecules and larger water-soluble molecules, such as proteins.
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