Phrase Hound found 3 phrases and 68 compound words that contain toxins. The most common are listed below. Open toxins in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 3
- botulinum toxinsplural of botulinum toxin: A neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
- Shiga toxinsplural of Shiga toxin: Any of a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, expressed by genes considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages.
- spindle toxinsplural of spindle toxin: A poison that disrupts cell division by affecting the protein threads that connect the centromere regions of chromosomes, known as spindles.
Compound words 68
- endotoxinsplural of endotoxin: Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies.
- neurotoxinsplural of neurotoxin: A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.
- immunotoxinsplural of immunotoxin: Any compound that is toxic to the immune system
- exotoxinsplural of exotoxin: Any toxin secreted by a microorganism into the surrounding environment.
- biotoxinsplural of biotoxin: Any toxin produced by a living organism
- adriatoxinsplural of adriatoxin: An analogue of yessotoxin present in some mussels from the northern Adriatic
- agatoxinsplural of agatoxin: Amy of a family of polypeptide toxins present in the venom of Agelenopsis aperta and similar spiders
- agitoxinsplural of agitoxin: A peptide toxin in the venom of some scorpions
- altertoxinsplural of altertoxin: Any f a group of toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi of the genus Alternaria
- amatoxinsplural of amatoxin: Any of a class of toxic peptides produced by several mushrooms of the genus Amanita and others.