endotoxin
/en-doh-tok-sin/US // ˌɛn doʊˈtɒk sɪn //UK // (ˌɛndəʊˈtɒksɪn) //
内毒素,内脏毒素,内毒,细菌毒素
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Biochemistry.
- : the toxic protoplasm liberated when a microorganism dies and disintegrates, as in Eberthella typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever.
Examples
Study subjects injected with the endotoxin were given T-shirts to wear over a few hours to capture their body odor.
Because the endotoxin wasn’t actually attached to a pathogen, the study subjects’ immune systems eventually settled down.
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