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leucotoxin
leucotoxin n.
Brit. 
/ˌl(j)uːkə(ʊ)ˈtɒksɪn/
, /ˌl(j)uːkə(ʊ)ˈtɒksɪn/U.S. /ˌlukoʊˈtɑks(ə)n/
(also leukoˈtoxin) Medicine any substance which destroys leucocytes./ˌlukoʊˈtɑks(ə)n/ΘΚΠ
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toxin1890
autointoxicant1891
autotoxin1894
leucocidin1894
cytotoxin1900
toxon1900
nephrotoxin1902
toxonoid1904
zootoxin1906
leucotoxin1908
phalloidin1909
vivotoxin1953
victorin1954
phalloin1959
bungarotoxin1963
pathotoxin1963
trichothecene1971
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leucotoxin1908
1908 Practitioner Mar. 392 Roentgen-rays appear to lead to the production of veritable ‘leucotoxins’. Normal leucocytes, exposed in vitro and in vivo to the action of such leucotoxins present in the serum of animals, which have been exposed to Roentgen-rays, undergo a specific disintegration.
1931 Biol. Abstr. 5 488/2 The virulent streptococci do not possess in the same degree the power of leukotoxin production.
1956 Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 93 493/2 A leucotoxin develops in the blood of the rabbit in hemorrhagic shock, and..this leucotoxin severely impairs the antibacterial potential of the animal.
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