Mycotoxin

noun

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Noun

1
Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.
"They damaged his nervous system with a wartime Russian mycotoxin."
2
a toxin produced by a fungus wordnet

Example

"They damaged his nervous system with a wartime Russian mycotoxin."

Etymology

From myco- + toxin.

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