Etymology

susotoxin

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Today it means: A toxic basic substance obtained from cultures of the swine fever bacillus. Full definition →

Latin sūs
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsūs“pig”
  2. English todaysusotoxin

From Latin sūs (“pig”) + toxin.

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