Definition of Cytotoxin

1. Noun. Any substance that has a toxic effect on cells.

Generic synonyms: Toxin
Specialized synonyms: Enterotoxin
Derivative terms: Cytotoxic

Definition of Cytotoxin

1. Noun. (cytology) Any substance having a specific toxic effect on certain cells ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cytotoxin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cytotoxin

1. Any substance that poisons living cells. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytotoxin

cytothesis
cytotonic
cytotoxic
cytotoxic T-cell
cytotoxic T cell
cytotoxic T cells
cytotoxic T lymphocyte-specific serine protease
cytotoxic cell
cytotoxic drug
cytotoxic drugs
cytotoxic reaction
cytotoxic t-lymphocyte
cytotoxically
cytotoxicities
cytotoxicity
cytotoxin (current term)
cytotoxins
cytotrophoblast
cytotrophoblastic cells
cytotrophoblastic shell
cytotropic
cytotropic antibody
cytotropic antibody test
cytotropism
cytotype
cytozoic
cytozoon
cytozyme
cytula
cytulas

Literary usage of Cytotoxin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Immune Sera: Hæmolysins, Cytotoxins, and Precipitins by August von Wassermann, Charles Bolduan (1904)
"... of the cytotoxin—Anti-cytotoxin.—After it had been found that the injection of an animal with red blood- cells of another animal was followed by the ..."

2. Immune Sera: Hæmolysins, Cytotoxins, and Precipitins by August von Wassermann (1904)
"... of the cytotoxin—Anti-cytotoxin.—After it had been found that the injection of an animal with red blood- cells of another animal was followed by the ..."

3. Internal Secretion and the Ductless Glands by Swale Vincent (1912)
"L. Pituitary Insufficiency and a Pituitary Antiserum or cytotoxin. Some account of pituitary insufficiency has already been given under the heading ..."

4. A Practical Text-book of Infection, Immunity, and Specific Therapy: With by John Albert Kolmer (1915)
"PRODUCTION OF cytotoxin 1. Immunize two rabbits with dog kidney after the method described on page 73. 2. After the immunization has been completed, ..."

5. Immune Sera; a Concise Exposition of the Main Facts and Theories of by Charles Frederick Bolduan (1911)
"cytotoxin for Epithelium. — As far back as 1899, 1 Von Dungern. See "Collected Studies on Immunity," Ehr- lich-Bolduan, p. 47. Wiley & Sons, New York, 1910. ..."

6. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1903)
"In this case, therefore, there had been formed a cytotoxin which acted not merely on the red ... The authors term this special form of cytotoxin, isotoxin. ..."

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