endotoxin

名词 n.

英文释义

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

词形变化

endotoxins plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm
Proto-Hellenic *éndon
Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der.
English endo-
Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der.
Latin toxicum
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ineclip.
English -in
English toxin
English endotoxin
From endo- + toxin.
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