Etymology

bufogenin

B3U1F4O1G2E1N1I1N1

Today it means: A particular enzyme inhibitor derived from a toad toxin. Full definition →

Latin būfo
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombūfo“toad”
  2. English todaybufogenin

See Latin būfo (“toad”) and -genic, -in.

Words from the same roots

Latinbūfo all →

bufobufoniformbufonitebufotenine

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