Toxin

created by Webster 1913
(thing) by Eraser_ (4.8 y) (print)   (I like it!) Sun Nov 05 2000 at 21:56:26
toxin: a poison. It may be produced by a virus, bacteria, plant or animal. During pregnancy, a toxin may pass through the placenta from the mother to the fetus.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:52:31

Tox"in, Tox"ine (?), n. [Gr.. See Toxic. ]

A poisonous product formed by pathogenic bacteria, or plants or animals, as a toxic proteid or poisonous ptomaine.

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