autotoxin

[aw-tuh-tok-sin]

noun

Pathology.

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

autotoxin

/ ˌɔːtəˈtɒksɪn /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• autotoxic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of autotoxin¹

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

Example Sentences

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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