cytotoxin

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noun

Any substance having a specific toxic effect on certain cells.

OriginEnglish toxin ← Latin toxicum ← Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón) →
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Meanings

nouncytotoxin (plural cytotoxins)

plural cytotoxins

  1. biologyAny substance having a specific toxic effect on certain cells.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  2. Englishcyto-
  3. Ancient Greekτόξον (tóxon)
  4. Ancient Greekτοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
  5. Ancient Greekτοξικόν (toxikón)
  6. Latintoxicum
  7. Englishtoxin
  8. Englishcytotoxin

From cyto- + toxin.

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Translations

Finnish solumyrkky
  • solumyrkkysubstance having a toxic effect on cells
French cytotoxine
  • cytotoxinesubstance having a toxic effect on cells
German Zytotoxin, Zellgift
  • Zytotoxinsubstance having a toxic effect on cells
  • Zellgiftsubstance having a toxic effect on cells
Russian цитотокси́н
  • цитотокси́н (citotoksín)substance having a toxic effect on cells
Cite this entry
APA

cytotoxin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytotoxin

MLA

“cytotoxin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytotoxin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cytotoxin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytotoxin.

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