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Definition of Autotoxin
1. Noun. Any substance that is toxic to the organism in which it is generated ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Autotoxin
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Autotoxin
1. An endogenous toxic agent that causes autointoxication. Synonym: autotoxin. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autotoxin
Literary usage of Autotoxin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden by Missouri Botanical Garden (1879)
"They called the substance "autotoxin" and applied the theory to the germicidal
... They reported that the "autotoxin" of Bacillus coli was killed by boiling ..."
2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1903)
"Nevertheless, it must be remembered that this isotoxin is not an autotoxin, for
it has no solvent action on the red blood corpuscles of the goat which has ..."
3. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of advanced students and by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1910)
"... that it is an infection (Bernay and Piery) due to autotoxin poisoning (Tommasoli)
and that there is primarily a weakened vascular tone (Unna), ..."
4. Collected Studies on Immunity by Paul Ehrlich (1906)
"In this case, therefore, an autotoxin within our meaning, one that destroys the
cells of Us own bod;/, does not exist. ..."
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