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单词 endotoxin
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endotoxin

[ en-doh-tok-sin ]
/ ˌɛn doʊˈtɒk sɪn /

noun Biochemistry.

the toxic protoplasm liberated when a microorganism dies and disintegrates, as in Eberthella typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever.
Compare exotoxin.

Origin of endotoxin

First recorded in 1900–05; endo- + toxin

OTHER WORDS FROM endotoxin

en·do·tox·ic, adjective

Words nearby endotoxin

endothermic, endothoracic fascia, endothrix, endotoxemia, endotoxicosis, endotoxin, endotracheal, endotracheal anaesthesia, endotracheal intubation, endotracheal tube, endotrachelitis
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British Dictionary definitions for endotoxin

endotoxin
/ (ˌɛndəʊˈtɒksɪn) /

noun

a toxin contained within the protoplasm of an organism, esp a bacterium, and liberated only at death

Derived forms of endotoxin

endotoxic, adjective
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Medical definitions for endotoxin

endotoxin
[ ĕn′dō-tŏksən ]

n.

A toxin that forms an integral part of the cell wall of certain bacteria and is only released upon destruction of the bacterial cell. Endotoxins are less potent and less specific than most exotoxins and do not form toxoids.intracellular toxin

Other words from endotoxin

en′do•toxic adj.
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