Toxalbumin
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)
"Certain plants, viperine snake venom, resin and various bacteria contain toxalbumins"
Example
More examples"Certain plants, viperine snake venom, resin and various bacteria contain toxalbumins"
Etymology
From toxin 'organic poison' (from Middle Latin toxicus 'poisonous', from Latin toxicum 'poison (for arrows)', from Ancient Greek (toxikon), from (toxa) 'arrows', from (toxon) 'bow') + albumin 'protein' (from French albumine, from Latin albumen 'egg white', from albus 'white'). The term was first used in about 1890 by the research chemists Ludwig Brieger (1849-1919) and Sigmund Fraenkel (1868-1939).
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