hemotoxin
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- hemotoxic adjective
Etymology
Origin of hemotoxin
Example Sentences
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The snakes that I used had a hemotoxin, which destroys red blood cells, and that’s why people’s legs and limbs fall off in Central America.”
From The Guardian
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