Meanings
nounenterotoxin (plural enterotoxins)
plural enterotoxins
- biochemistryAny of several toxins produced by intestinal bacteria
A more complex mechanism is used by Vibrio cholerae toxin and by the homolog heat-labile enterotoxin secreted by ETEC strains.
2012, Phillip Smith, Thomas MacDonald, Principles of Mucosal Immunology, page 4071 more example
An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination.
2012, Gerald T. Keusch, “Invasive Bacterial Diarrheas”, in Lincoln Chen, editor, Diarrhea and Malnutrition, page 54
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
- Ancient Greekἔντερον (énteron)
- New Latinentero-
- Englishentero-
- Ancient Greekτόξον (tóxon)
- Ancient Greekτοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
- Ancient Greekτοξικόν (toxikón)
- Latintoxicum
- Englishtoxin
- Englishenterotoxin
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 腸毒素 /肠毒素
- 腸毒素 /肠毒素 (coeng⁴ duk⁶ sou³)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 腸毒素 /肠毒素
- 腸毒素 /肠毒素 (chángdúsù)Translations
Indonesian enterotoksin
- enterotoksinTranslations
Italian enterotossina
- enterotossinaTranslations
Japanese エンテロトキシン
- エンテロトキシン (enterotokishin)Translations
Korean 엔테로톡신, 장내독소
- 엔테로톡신 (enterotoksin)Translations
- 장내독소 (jangnaedokso)Translations
- 장독소 (jangdokso)Translations
Thai เอนเทอโรทอกซิน
- เอนเทอโรทอกซินTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
enterotoxin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enterotoxin
MLA
“enterotoxin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enterotoxin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enterotoxin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enterotoxin.
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