enterotoxin
enterotoxin noun: any of several toxins produced by intestinal bacteria.
Noun
enterotoxin (plural enterotoxins)
- Any of several toxins produced by intestinal bacteria
- An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination.2012, Gerald T. Keusch, “Invasive Bacterial Diarrheas”, in Lincoln Chen, editor, Diarrhea and Malnutrition, page 54
- A more complex mechanism is used by Vibrio cholerae toxin and by the homolog heat-labile enterotoxin secreted by ETEC strains.2012, Phillip Smith, Thomas MacDonald, Principles of Mucosal Immunology, page 407
enterotoxin meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Thai
enterotoxin in Tamil
- குடல்நச்சு
enterotoxin in Indonesian
- Translations
- enterotoksin
enterotoxin in Thai
- Translations
- เอนเทอโรทอกซิน
Forms of enterotoxin
| plural | enterotoxins |
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Origin of enterotoxin
From entero- + toxin.
Words formed from enterotoxin
Questions about enterotoxin
- What does enterotoxin mean?
- Enterotoxin means any of several toxins produced by intestinal bacteria.
- What is enterotoxin in Tamil?
- Enterotoxin in Tamil is குடல்நச்சு. See Enterotoxin meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is enterotoxin?
- Enterotoxin is a noun.
- What is the plural of enterotoxin?
- The plural of enterotoxin is enterotoxins.
Words near enterotoxin in the dictionary
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