hol|o|thu|rin

hol|o|thu|rin
hol|o|thu|rin «HOL uh THUR ihn, HOH luh-», noun.
a poisonous substance that is a complex mixture of steroid glycosides, extracted from a species of sea cucumber and used experimentally in medicine to destroy bacteria and suppress the growth of tumors: »

In addition to their hemolytic activities, holothurins cause irreversible inhibition of nerve conduction (J. W. Daly).

[< holothur(ian) + -in]

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