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Toxin

noun

A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species.

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"Toxin" Quotes from Famous Books

... the other changes seemed hardly important enough to demand that every drop of the blood coming from the food-tube should pass through this custom-house. Now, however, we know that in addition to its other actions, the liver is a great poison-sponge or toxin-filter, for straining out of the blood poisonous or injurious materials absorbed from the food, and converting them into harmless substances. It is astonishing what a quantity of these poisons, whether from the food or from germs swallowed with it, the liver is capable of dealing with—destroying ...

— Preventable Diseases • Woods Hutchinson

... now and then," he replied. "But of course I must resign myself to giving up really serious work in the laboratory until the case is finished. It is regrettable, for, as you know, I am in the midst of that series of tests in regard to the anti-toxin for tetanus. Every week I lose increases the chance of some other fellow's finding it; there are a number of experimenters hot on the trail. However, it can't be helped." He sighed and added to himself, "You can't have it ...

— Juggernaut • Alice Campbell

Words linked to "Toxin" : ricin, neurolysin, toxicant, toxic, poison, poisonous substance