anatoxin

anatoxin

English

Etymology 1

ana- +‎ toxin

Noun

anatoxin (countable and uncountable, plural anatoxins)

1. A bacterial toxin (usually an exotoxin) whose toxicity has been weakened or suppressed

Synonyms

• (bacterial toxin): toxoid, anatoxine

Related terms

• anatoxinic

Translations

toxoid

French: anatoxine (fr) f German: Anatoxin n Italian: anatoxina f Polish: anatoksyna f Portuguese: toxoide m, anatoxina (pt) f Russian: анатокси́н (ru) m (anatoksín)

Further reading

• Toxoid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

model of anatoxin-a

From Anabaena flos-aquae (now Dolichospermum flos-aquae), the species from which the neurotoxin was first isolated.

Noun

anatoxin (countable and uncountable, plural anatoxins)

1. A powerful neurotoxin, one of many toxins produced by several species of cyanobacterium.

Usage notes

• Anatoxins are only one of the half a dozen groups of toxins that cyanobacteria are capable of producing.

Synonyms

• (toxin from cyanobacteria): very fast death factor, VFDF

Hypernyms

• (toxin from cyanobacteria): cyanotoxin

Coordinate terms

• (toxins produced by cyanobacteria): cylindrospermopsin, lyngbyatoxin, microcystin, nodularin, saxitoxin

Translations

neurotoxin produced by cyanobacteria

Chinese: Mandarin: 變性毒素／变性毒素 (biànxìng dúsù) Finnish: anatoksiini French: anatoxine (fr) f Italian: anatoxina f Portuguese: anatoxina (pt) f Russian: анатокси́н (ru) m (anatoksín)

Further reading

• Anatoxin-a on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anatoxins on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons