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tyrotoxin

tyrotoxin noun: a ptomaine produced by microbes in stale cheese.

Noun

tyrotoxin (countable and uncountable, plural tyrotoxins)

  1. A ptomaine produced by microbes in stale cheese

Forms of tyrotoxin

pluraltyrotoxins

Origin of tyrotoxin

From tyro- + toxin.

Questions about tyrotoxin

What does tyrotoxin mean?
Tyrotoxin means a ptomaine produced by microbes in stale cheese.
What part of speech is tyrotoxin?
Tyrotoxin is a noun.
What is the plural of tyrotoxin?
The plural of tyrotoxin is tyrotoxins.

Words near tyrotoxin in the dictionary

  1. tyrothricin
  2. tyrothricine
  3. tyrothricins
  4. tyrotoxicon
  5. tyrotoxicons
  6. tyrotoxin
  7. tyrotoxine
  8. tyrotoxism
  9. TYRP1
  10. TYRP1s
  11. tyrphostin

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