verotoxin
Meanings
noun
- Any of various toxins produced by some strains of Escherichia coli that are similar to those produced by Shigella.
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Etymology
From Vero cell + toxin. Vero is in turn from Esperanto verda "green" + reno "kidney," as the Vero cell line is derived from kidney cells of the African green monkey.
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