autotoxin

American

[aw-tuh-tok-sin] / ˌɔ təˈtɒk sɪn /

noun

Pathology.

a toxin or poisonous chemical formed within the body and acting against it.

autotoxin British

/ ˌɔːtəˈtɒksɪn /

noun

any poison or toxin formed in the organism upon which it acts See autointoxication

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Other Word Forms

autotoxic adjective

Etymology

Origin of autotoxin

First recorded in 1890–95; auto- ¹ + toxin

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He finds "autotoxemia" in his patients, found it in the reporter too, who also gravely suffered from "neurarchy with a basis of autotoxin."

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