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en•do•tox•in



Pronunciation: (en"dō-tok'sin), [key]
—n. Biochem.
the toxic protoplasm liberated when a microorganism dies and disintegrates, as in Eberthella typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever. Cf. exotoxin.

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