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toxine
CIDE DICTIONARY
toxine, 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 .
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