Toxin

n.

1.

A poisonous product formed by an organism, such as a pathogenic bacterium, a plant or an animal, usually having a high molecular weight, often a protein or a polysaccharide, but occasionally a low-molecular weight agent such as tetrodotoxin.

Noun

1.

toxin - a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species

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