hemotoxin

[hee-muh-tok-sin, hem-uh-]

noun

1. a toxin, as cobra venom, that causes a hemolytic reaction.

Other Word Forms

• hemotoxic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hemotoxin¹

hemo- + toxin

Example Sentences

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.”

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