English Explanatory Dictionary

endotoxin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies.

Word forms

endotoxin endotoxins

Etymology

From endo- + toxin.

Related words

endotoxic exotoxin

Derived words

antiendotoxin endotoxinemia

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