Toxalbumin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various toxic proteins obtained from certain plants and bacterial cultures.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any of a class of toxic substances of protein nature; a toxin.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A poisonous ptomaine; toxin.
  • Word Usage
    "In 1890, L. Brieger and C. Fraenkel prepared, from cultures of diphtheria bacilli, a toxic substance, which they called toxalbumin, which when injected in suitable doses into guinea-pigs, immunized these animals to diphtheria."
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    Words with the same meaning
    toxin