Toxine

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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}.