Mycotoxin

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a toxin produced by a fungus wordnet

Etymology

From myco- + toxin.

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