endotoxin

American

[en-doh-tok-sin] / ˌɛn doʊˈtɒk sɪn /

noun

Biochemistry.

the toxic protoplasm liberated when a microorganism dies and disintegrates, as in Eberthella typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever.

endotoxin British

/ ˌɛndəʊˈtɒksɪn /

noun

a toxin contained within the protoplasm of an organism, esp a bacterium, and liberated only at death

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Derived Forms

endotoxic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of endotoxin

First recorded in 1900–05; endo- + toxin

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