English Explanatory Dictionary

toxalbumin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)

Word forms

toxalbumin toxalbumins

Etymology

From toxin 'organic poison' (from Middle Latin toxicus 'poisonous', from Latin toxicum 'poison (for arrows)', from Ancient Greek (toxikon), from (toxa) 'arrows', from (toxon) 'bow') + albumin 'protein' (from French albumine, from Latin albumen 'egg white', from albus 'white'). The term was first used in about 1890 by the research chemists Ludwig Brieger (1849-1919) and Sigmund Fraenkel (1868-1939).

Related words

albumenate albumenize albumenoid albuminate albuminose toxaemia toxalbumic toxicity toxicogenic toxicology toxicomania toxicophobia toxicosis toxisterol toxophil toxoplasmosis
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