- er|go|tox|ine
- er|go|tox|ine «UR guh TOK sihn, -seen», noun.an alkaloid drug obtained from ergot, used chiefly to stimulate the contraction of the uterus during childbirth. Formula: C35H39N5O5
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an|ti|tox|ine — «AN tee TOK sihn, seen», noun. = antitoxin. (Cf. ↑antitoxin) … Useful english dictionary
cinchotoxine — cin·cho·tox·ine … English syllables
ergotoxine — er·go·tox·ine … English syllables
ergotoxine — A mixture of alkaloids obtained from ergot, consisting of 1:1:1 ergocristine, ergocornine and ergocryptine, more toxic than other natural and semisynthetic ergot alkaloids; a potent stimulant of smooth muscle, particularly of the … Medical dictionary
Antitoxin — An ti*tox in, Antitoxine An ti*tox ine, n. [Pref. anti + toxin.] A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Antitoxine — Antitoxin An ti*tox in, Antitoxine An ti*tox ine, n. [Pref. anti + toxin.] A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tetrodotoxin — Toxin Tox in, Toxine Tox ine, n. [Gr. toxiko n. See {Toxic}. ] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Toxin — Tox in, Toxine Tox ine, n. [Gr. toxiko n. See {Toxic}. ] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Toxine — Toxin Tox in, Toxine Tox ine, n. [Gr. toxiko n. See {Toxic}. ] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Peptotoxine — Pep to*tox ine, n. [Peptone + toxic + ine.] (Physiol. Chem.) A toxic alkaloid found occasionally associated with the peptones formed from fibrin by pepsinhydrochloric acid. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
