The toxin that causes diphtheria is produced by a normally benign bacterium when infected with a certain virus.
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Toxin
//ˈtɒksɪn//
Synonyms for "toxin" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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4 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 36 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- toxina noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Chinese
1 entries- 毒素 noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 毒素 noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 毒素 noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Czech
1 entries- toxin noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Danish
2 entries- giftstof noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
- toksin noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Esperanto
1 entries- toksino noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Finnish
2 entries- myrkky noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
- toksiini noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
French
1 entries- toxine noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
German
2 entries- Giftstoff noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
- Toxin noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Greek
1 entries- τοξίνη noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Hungarian
1 entries- méreg noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Ido
1 entries- toxino noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Indonesian
1 entries- toksin noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Irish
1 entries- tocsain noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Italian
1 entries- tossina noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Japanese
1 entries- 毒素 noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Kazakh
1 entries- уыт noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Korean
1 entries- 독소 noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Latvian
1 entries- toksīns noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Malay
1 entries- toksin noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Malayalam
1 entries- വിഷം noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Māori
1 entries- tāoke noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Navajo
1 entries- kʼaasdá noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- toksîn noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- giftstoff noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
- toksin noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- giftstoff noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
- toksin noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Occitan
1 entries- toxina noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Persian
1 entries- زهرابه noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Polish
1 entries- toksyna noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Portuguese
1 entries- toxina noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Romanian
1 entries- toxină noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Russian
1 entries- токси́н noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Spanish
1 entries- toxina noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Swedish
1 entries- toxin noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Vietnamese
2 entries- toxin noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
- độc tố noun (a toxic or poisonous substance)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Fructose is a toxin.
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The neurological system is compromised by this toxin.
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Until recently, the last time anyone in Harpers Ferry heard the call of a peregrine falcon, was fifty years ago. This crow-sized raptor, whose natural range is the rugged coastal areas in North America, was nearly decimated by the pesticide DDT. Since the toxin was banned in 1972, the peregrine has made a slow but dramatic recovery.
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