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endotoxin
[ en-doh-tok-sin ]
/ ˌɛn doʊˈtɒk sɪn /
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noun Biochemistry.
the toxic protoplasm liberated when a microorganism dies and disintegrates, as in Eberthella typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever.
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Because the endotoxin wasn’t actually attached to a pathogen, the study subjects’ immune systems eventually settled down.
Study subjects injected with the endotoxin were given T-shirts to wear over a few hours to capture their body odor.
British Dictionary definitions for endotoxin
endotoxin
/ (ˌɛndəʊˈtɒksɪn) /
noun
a toxin contained within the protoplasm of an organism, esp a bacterium, and liberated only at death
Derived forms of endotoxin
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