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enterotoxin

[ en-tuh-roh-tok-sin ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a toxic substance produced by certain bacteria that on ingestion causes violent vomiting and diarrhea.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of enterotoxin1

First recorded in 1935–40; entero- + toxin

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