kreotoxin

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noun

Any basic (pH > 7) toxin produced by bacteria or fungi in meat.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounkreotoxin (plural kreotoxins)

plural kreotoxins

  1. Any basic (pH > 7) toxin produced by bacteria or fungi in meat.

    39 cases of facial spas and 11 cases of blepharospasm, on whom common therapy had no effect, were locally injected kreotoxin A.

    2002, Huang Ju-Ming, “Clinical study on the treatment of facial spas and blepharospasm with kreotoxin A”, in Zhejiang Clinical Medical Journal, volume 1
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    Kreotoxism is poisoning by decayed or infected meats, the basic poison being kreotoxin, produced by the growth and development of the plant micro—organism kreotoxiccon.

    1921, The Eclectic Medical Journal - Volume 81, page 482

    Methods including oral administration or intramuscular injection of analgesic drugs, local application of nitroglycerin ointment, and injection of kreotoxin have been commonly used to alleviate postoperative pain.

    2016 March, Feng Xiang, Jing-Juan Feng, “Postoperative analgesic effect of methylene blue compound in anal diseases”, in International Journal of Clinical Experimental Medicine, volume 9, number 3

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκρέας“flesh, meat”
  2. Englishkreotoxin

From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “flesh, meat”) + toxin.

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