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ophiotoxin

noun

Any toxin present in a snake venom.

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Meanings

nounophiotoxin (plural ophiotoxins)

plural ophiotoxins

obsoleteAny toxin present in a snake venom.
It is probable that Faust's ophiotoxins of a glucoside nature collaborate with the protein globulin and proteose to produce the effects so markedly evident in the symptomatology of adder poisoning.
1924, Norman Morrison, The life-story of the adder, page 125

Origin

From ophio- + toxin.

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Translations

French ophiotoxine

ophiotoxineTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ophiotoxin

toxin dioxin digoxin thyroxine levothyroxine tocsin amatoxin antiantitoxin difenoxin gastrotoxin kurtoxin lycotoxin mitotoxin vomitoxin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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