anatoxin

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From ana- + toxin.

A bacterial toxin (usually an exotoxin) whose toxicity has been weakened or suppressed

noun

Etymology From Anabaena flos-aquae (now Dolichospermum flos-aquae), the species from which the neurotoxin was first isolated.

A powerful neurotoxin, one of many toxins produced by several species of cyanobacterium.

Synonyms: very fast death factor, VFDF
Hypernyms: cyanotoxin
Coordinate terms: cylindrospermopsin, lyngbyatoxin, microcystin, nodularin, saxitoxin

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