English Explanatory Dictionary

peptotoxin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A poisonous ptomaine found in peptones and in putrefying albuminous substances, such as fibrin, casein, brain, liver, and muscle.

Word forms

peptotoxin peptotoxins

Etymology

From pepto- + toxin.

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