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autotoxin|ɔːtəʊˈtɒksɪn|
[f. auto-1 + toxin.]
A poisonous substance formed within the body. So autoˈtoxic a., of, pertaining to, or caused by an autotoxin.
1894Gould Dict. Med., Autotoxin.., any product of tissue-metamorphosis within the organism that has a toxic effect upon that organism. 1903Med. Record 30 May 857 (Cent. D. Suppl.), We believe the excitant is a toxic or autotoxic agent. 1907Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Dec. 371/3 Thus regarded, senility is an autotoxic phenomenon. 1938H. Belloc Great Heresies 235 We say that an organism has become ‘auto-toxic’ when it is beginning to poison itself. |