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leucocidin

leucocidin noun: any staphylococcal or streptococcal exotoxin that causes leucocyte killing or lysis.

Noun

leucocidin (plural leucocidins)

  1. Any staphylococcal or streptococcal exotoxin that causes leucocyte killing or lysis.

leucocidin meaning in Tamil

leucocidin in Tamil

வெள்ளணுக் கொல்லி

Forms of leucocidin

pluralleucocidins
alternative formleukocidin

Origin of leucocidin

From leuco- + -cide + -in.

Questions about leucocidin

What does leucocidin mean?
Leucocidin means any staphylococcal or streptococcal exotoxin that causes leucocyte killing or lysis.
What is leucocidin in Tamil?
Leucocidin in Tamil is வெள்ளணுக் கொல்லி. See Leucocidin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is leucocidin?
Leucocidin is a noun.
What is the plural of leucocidin?
The plural of leucocidin is leucocidins.

Words near leucocidin in the dictionary

  1. leucocholic
  2. leucocholy
  3. leucocianidol
  4. leucocidal
  5. leucocidic
  6. leucocidin
  7. leucocidins
  8. leucocin
  9. leucocins
  10. leucocoprineaceous
  11. leucocortical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leucocidin (page history and authors); leucocidin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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