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tetanolysin

tetanolysin noun: a cytolysin toxin produced by Clostridium tetani bacteria.

Noun

tetanolysin (countable and uncountable, plural tetanolysins)

  1. A cytolysin toxin produced by Clostridium tetani bacteria.

Forms of tetanolysin

pluraltetanolysins

Origin of tetanolysin

From tetani and lysin.

Questions about tetanolysin

What does tetanolysin mean?
Tetanolysin means a cytolysin toxin produced by Clostridium tetani bacteria.
What part of speech is tetanolysin?
Tetanolysin is a noun.
What is the plural of tetanolysin?
The plural of tetanolysin is tetanolysins.

Words near tetanolysin in the dictionary

  1. tetanizes
  2. tetanizing
  3. tetanocerid
  4. tetanocerids
  5. tetanoid
  6. tetanolysin
  7. tetanolysins
  8. tetanomotor
  9. tetanomotors
  10. tetanospasm
  11. tetanospasmin

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