toxintox‧in /ˈtɒksɪn $ ˈtɑːk-/ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINtoxin
ExamplesOrigin:
1800-1900 toxic + -in ‘chemical compound’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- Adding the copper, which is another metal toxin, only hastened the death of the fish.
- And we note this with sadness, because in functioning organizations these toxins need never become potent enough to taint performance.
- Daffodils, hyacinths, bluebells and many species of lily also contain toxins.
- He studies phytoplankton toxins that are eaten by shellfish, which then become potent vectors of these toxins paralytic to humans.
- Some species of pests then evolve ways of breaking down the toxins, and so on.
- The authority had coincidentally tested the water for toxins on about the same day as the officer cadets had used it.
- The first changes of net water and ion transport were observed after the second or third hour after administration of cholera toxin.
- This allows less dangerous toxins like lactic acid to accumulate, creating overly acidic conditions in your muscles.
WORD SETS► Microbes/Genetics/Biochem
Collocationsbacillus, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounchromosome, nounclone, nounclone, verbcross, verbcrossbreed, verbcrossbreed, nouncross-fertilize, verbculture, nouncytology, nounDNA, noundominant, adjectivedouble helix, nounfraternal twin, noungamete, noungene, noungenetic, adjectivegenetically modified, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic modification, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenotype, noungerm, nounGM, adjectivehereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhybrid, nounidentical twin, nounincubate, verbinheritance, nouninsecticide, nounmicrobe, nounMRSA, nounmutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnucleic acid, nounparthenogenesis, nounpasteurized, adjectivepathogen, nounpesticide, nounplasma, nounprotozoan, nounptomaine, nounrecessive, adjectiveRNA, nounsalmonella, nounsuperbug, nountoxin, nountransgenic, adjectivevirus, nounweedkiller, nounX chromosome, nounY chromosome, nounzygote, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► cholera
a poisonous substance, especially one that is produced by bacteria and causes a particular disease → toxic· The secretory response to cholera toxin developed gradually.· The first changes of net water and ion transport were observed after the second or third hour after administration of cholera toxin.· Such a lack of correlation was also observed by Levin after oral administration of 5 µg purified cholera toxin to healthy volunteers.· When cholera toxin is used as secretagogue a variable response in stool volume should thus be expected.· In our experiments the secretory effect of cholera toxin began in the second hour after administration of the toxin.· Because infection with Vibrio cholerae is an important cause of diarrhoea, we decided to use cholera toxin as intestinal secretagogue.· This delayed effect of cholera toxin is well known from animal experiments.· The secretory effect of cholera toxin in our study probably continued for hours as evidenced by the stool output after the experiment.
VERB► produce· However, it can grow in cream at room temperatures and produces a toxin as it multiplies.· The next day the rods were identified as Corynebacterium diphtheriae var gravis, and were shown to produce toxin.· Apparently, different strains of the bacterium produce different toxins which are active against a wide range of insects.· These bacteria can produce powerful toxins.· Normally, even if babies have these bacteria, they don't produce toxins and remain healthy.· But apparently no one else has looked for a phage that might produce such a toxin.· But some E.coli bacteria can also produce toxins that cause food poisoning.