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endotoxin

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies.

Equivalents

Españolendotoxina
Françaisendotoxine
Portuguêsendotoxina
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Examples

“It may resemble⟳ the factor 5 in Salmonella, a heat-labile determinant on the endotoxin molecule which, because of its superficial location, blocks the agglutination reaction of the deeper heat-stable O antigens in the same way as do the Vi and K antigens.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

endotoxinemia endotransglucosylase endotransglucosylation endotransglycosidase endotransglycosylase endotrophin

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