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toxalbumin
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tox⋅al⋅bu⋅min

   [tok-sal-byoo-muhn]
–noun Biochemistry.
any poisonous protein occurring in certain bacterial cultures, plants, or snake venoms.
Origin:
1885–90; tox- + albumin
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tox·al·bu·min     (tŏk'sāl-byōō'mĭn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Any of various toxic proteins obtained from certain plants and bacterial cultures.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Toxalbumin

Tox`al*bu"min\, n. [See Toxic; Albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) Any of a class of toxic substances of protein nature; a toxin.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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