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."