Etymology

endotoxin

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Today it means: Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies. Full definition →

English toxin ← Latin toxicum ← Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dóm
  2. Proto-Hellenic*éndon
  3. Ancient Greekἔνδον (éndon)
  4. Englishendo-
  5. Ancient Greekτόξον (tóxon)
  6. Ancient Greekτοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
  7. Ancient Greekτοξικόν (toxikón)
  8. Latintoxicum
  9. Englishtoxin
  10. English todayendotoxin

From endo- + toxin.

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