Exocytotoxic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Cytotoxic outside of the cell that produced the cytotoxin. not-comparable

    "The lethal effect of Etx, characterized by sudden death and, in some cases, acute neurological signs [7 ], has mainly been associated with general edema, also leading to a glutamate-mediated exocytotoxic effect and neuronal death [7 –9 ]."

Example

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"The lethal effect of Etx, characterized by sudden death and, in some cases, acute neurological signs [7 ], has mainly been associated with general edema, also leading to a glutamate-mediated exocytotoxic effect and neuronal death [7 –9 ]."

Etymology

From exo- + cytotoxic.

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