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toxalbumin

[tok-sal-byoo-muh n]
noun Biochemistry.
  1. any poisonous protein occurring in certain bacterial cultures, plants, or snake venoms.
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Origin of toxalbumin

First recorded in 1885–90; tox- + albumin
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British Dictionary definitions for toxalbumin

toxalbumin

noun
  1. biochem any of a group of toxic albumins that occur in certain plants, such as toadstools, and in snake venom
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