exocytotoxic

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adjective

Cytotoxic outside of the cell that produced the cytotoxin.

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Meanings

adjectiveexocytotoxic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCytotoxic outside of the cell that produced the cytotoxin.

    The lethal effect of Etx, characterized by sudden death and, in some cases, acute neurological signs [7 ], has mainly been associated with general edema, also leading to a glutamate-mediated exocytotoxic effect and neuronal death [7 –9 ].

    2015 October 10, “Clostridium Perfringens Epsilon Toxin Binds to Membrane Lipids and Its Cytotoxic Action Depends on Sulfatide”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From exo- + cytotoxic.

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APA

exocytotoxic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exocytotoxic

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“exocytotoxic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exocytotoxic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exocytotoxic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exocytotoxic.

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