toxalbumin

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noun

A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)

“Certain plants, viperine snake venom, resin and various bacteria contain toxalbumins”

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Meanings

nountoxalbumin (plural toxalbumins)

plural toxalbumins

  1. A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)

    Certain plants, viperine snake venom, resin and various bacteria contain toxalbumins

Origin

From toxin 'organic poison' (from Middle Latin toxicus 'poisonous', from Latin toxicum 'poison (for arrows)', from Ancient Greek (toxikon), from (toxa) 'arrows', from (toxon) 'bow') + albumin 'protein' (from French albumine, from Latin albumen 'egg white', from albus 'white'). The term was first used in about 1890 by the research chemists Ludwig Brieger (1849-1919) and Sigmund Fraenkel (1868-1939).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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