Toxin Synonyms

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Synonyms for Toxin

virus
The definition of a virus is an extremely tiny parasite that can only reproduce if it is within a living being, or anything that corrupts something else.
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contagion
The spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease
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vapor
A nervous disorder such as depression or hysteria. Used with the.
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bane
(Dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants
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canker
A source of spreading corruption or decay.
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Words Related to Toxin

antitoxin
An animal or human serum containing antitoxins, used to prevent or treat diseases caused by biological toxins, such as tetanus, botulism, and diphtheria.
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venom
The poison secreted by some snakes, spiders, insects, etc., introduced into the body of the victim by bite or sting
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help
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
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toxic
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pathogen
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bacterial
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poison
The definition of a poison is a substance that destroys, makes sick or kills, or anything that is harmful to happiness.
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endotoxin
Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies.
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exotoxin
A poisonous substance secreted by a microorganism and released into the medium in which it grows.
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bacterium
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microbe
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histamine
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anaerobic-bacteria
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allergen
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enzyme
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free-radicals
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Toxin Sentence Examples

  • The serum of the animal is tested from time to time against a known amount of toxin, i.e.

  • By growing this bacillus in broth a toxin is formed which remains in solution and can be separated from the bacilli themselves by filtration.

  • Then we have the property of adaptation, in which the negative reaction may be changed into a positive; a given toxin may at first repel the cell, but by a gradual process the cell becomes accustomed to such a toxin and will move towards it.

  • Of such are tetanus and diphtheria, now known to be due to the establishment from without of a local microbic infection, from which focus a toxin is diffused to the nervous matter.

  • Though an enormous of amount of work has been done on the subject, no important bacterial toxin has as yet been obtained in a pure condition, and, though many of them are probably of proteid nature, even this cannot be asserted with absolute certainty.

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