Toxin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Toxin \Tox"in\, Toxine \Tox"ine\, n. [Gr. toxiko`n. See {Toxic}.
     ]
     A poisonous product formed by an organism, such as a
     pathogenic bacterium, a plant or an animal, usually having a
     high molecular weight, often a protein or a polysaccharide,
     but occasionally a low-molecular weight agent such as


     {tetrodotoxin}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  toxin
       n : a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and
           growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant
           and animal species

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "toxin":
     abomination, acaricide, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic,
     atrocity, bad, bane, befoulment, blight, bug bomb,
     carbamate insecticide, chemosterilant,
     chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, contact poison, corruption,
     crying evil, damage, defilement, defoliant, despoliation,
     destruction, detriment, disinfectant, eradicant, evil, fumigant,
     fungicide, germicide, grievance, harm, havoc, herbicide, hurt, ill,
     infection, injury, insect powder, insecticide, microbicide,
     mischief, miticide, organic chlorine,
     organic phosphate insecticide, outrage, pesticide, poison,
     pollution, rat poison, roach paste, roach powder, rodenticide,
     stomach poison, systemic, systemic insecticide, the worst, toxic,
     toxicant, venin, venom, vermicide, vexation, virus, weed killer,
     woe, wrong