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peptotoxine

peptotoxine is the archaic form of peptotoxin.

Meaning of peptotoxin

Noun

peptotoxin (countable and uncountable, plural peptotoxins)

  1. A poisonous ptomaine found in peptones and in putrefying albuminous substances, such as fibrin, casein, brain, liver, and muscle.

Forms of peptotoxine

pluralpeptotoxines

Questions about peptotoxine

What is peptotoxine the archaic form of?
Peptotoxine is the archaic form of peptotoxin.

Words near peptotoxine in the dictionary

  1. peptosomes
  2. peptostreptococcal
  3. peptostreptococci
  4. peptostreptococcus
  5. peptotoxin
  6. peptotoxine
  7. peptotoxines
  8. peptotoxins
  9. Pepys
  10. Pepys Island
  11. Pepysian

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