toxin
nounUK /ˈtɒksɪn/ · US /ˈtɑksɪn/
Etymology From Latin toxicum, equivalent to toxi- + -in.
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A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.
- The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known.2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian:
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Broadly, Proscribed, Usually Synonym of toxicant: a toxic substance in a body requiring removal.
- Derived terms
129 terms
actinotoxin, aetokthonotoxin, amatoxin, anaphylatoxin, anatoxin, angiotoxin, antitoxin, arachnotoxin, autotoxin, bacteriotoxin, batrachotoxin, biotoxin, Botox, botulinum toxin, bufotoxin, caramboxin, cardiotoxin, cephalotoxin, charybdotoxin, chemotoxin, chlorotoxin, ciguateratoxin, ciliotoxin, coagulotoxin, Coley's toxin, conotoxin, corynetoxin, crotoxin, cyanotoxin, cytotoxin, dendrotoxin, dermatotoxin, dermatoxin, digitoxin, digoxin, ecotoxin, embryotoxin, endotheliotoxin, endotoxin, enterotoxin, entomotoxin, equinatoxin, ergotoxine, erototoxin, excitotoxin, exotoxin, gastrotoxin, genotoxin, ginkgotoxin, glycotoxin, gonyautoxin, haematotoxin, helminthotoxin, hematotoxin, hemotoxin, hepatotoxin, heterotoxin, holotoxin, homeotoxin, ichthyoacanthotoxin, ichthyohemotoxin, ichthyootoxin, ichthyosarcotoxin, ichthyotoxin, immunotoxin, insectotoxin, isotoxin, leucotoxin, leukotoxin, lignotoxin, lipotoxin, lymphocytotoxin, lymphotoxin, maitotoxin, mangotoxin, mechanotoxin, mitotoxin, multitoxin, mycotoxin, myotoxin, necrotoxin, nephrotoxin, nereistoxin, neurotoxin, ophiotoxin, ototoxin, ovotoxin, pathotoxin, peptotoxin, phototoxin, phycotoxin, phytotoxin, picrotoxin, pneumotoxin, prototoxin, protoxin, pyrotoxin, radiotoxin, rhizotoxin, rhodotoxin, ribotoxin, sarcotoxin, scyllatoxin, Shiga toxin, spermatotoxin, spindle toxin, teretoxin, thyrotoxin, time delay toxin activation, toxinemia, toxinic, toxinlike, toxinogenic, toxinology, toxinome, toxinomic, toxinomics, toxinosis, toxinotype, toxisome, toxoid, tyrotoxin, urechitoxin, urotoxin, virotoxin, vomitoxin, xanthotoxin, xenotoxin, zootoxin- Related terms
- toxic
- Hyponyms
- venom