mycotoxin

mycotoxin

English

Etymology

myco- +‎ toxin

Noun

mycotoxin (plural mycotoxins)

1. (biochemistry) Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.
   • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 6:

     They damaged his nervous system with a wartime Russian mycotoxin.

Related terms

• mycotoxic
• mycotoxicity
• mycotoxicology

Translations

toxin produced by a fungus

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: micotoxina f Finnish: sienimyrkky, mykotoksiini Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Mykotoxin (de) n Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: micotossina (it) f Polish: mykotoksyna f Portuguese: micotoxina (pt) f Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: микотокси́н (ru) m (mikotoksín) Spanish: micotoxina f

See also

• aflatoxin
• ochratoxin
• patulin