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exocytotoxic

exocytotoxic adjective: cytotoxic outside of the cell that produced the cytotoxin.

Adjective

exocytotoxic (not comparable)

  1. Cytotoxic outside of the cell that produced the cytotoxin.
    • The lethal effect of Etx, characterized by sudden death and, in some cases, acute neurological signs [7 ], has mainly been associated with general edema, also leading to a glutamate-mediated exocytotoxic effect and neuronal death [7 –9 ].2015 October 10, “Clostridium Perfringens Epsilon Toxin Binds to Membrane Lipids and Its Cytotoxic Action Depends on Sulfatide”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of exocytotoxic

From exo- + cytotoxic.

Questions about exocytotoxic

What does exocytotoxic mean?
Exocytotoxic means cytotoxic outside of the cell that produced the cytotoxin.
What part of speech is exocytotoxic?
Exocytotoxic is an adjective.

Words near exocytotoxic in the dictionary

  1. exocytoses
  2. exocytosing
  3. exocytosis
  4. exocytotic
  5. exocytotically
  6. exocytotoxic
  7. exocœlomic
  8. Exod
  9. Exod.
  10. exodaenodont
  11. exodaenodonts

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