| NOUN | substance | bacterial toxin | any endotoxin or exotoxin formed in or elaborated by bacterial cells |
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| Meaning | Any endotoxin or exotoxin formed in or elaborated by bacterial cells. | |
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| Narrower | anatoxin, toxoid | A bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin |
| botulin, botulinus toxin, botulismotoxin | potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism | |
| epsilon toxin, Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin | A bacterial toxin produced by clostridium perfringens | |
| Broader | toxin | A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species |
| Spanish | toxina bacteriana | |
| Catalan | toxina bacteriana | |
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