abrin Chem.
(ˈeɪbrɪn)
[f. mod.L. Abrus (see def.) + -in1.]
A highly poisonous proteid contained in the jequirity bean (Abrus precatorius).
| 1884 Klein Micro-org. & Disease 165 Messrs. Warden and Waddell published in Calcutta during the present year..a large number of observations on the jequirity poison... They have..proved, that the active principle is a proteid—abrin—closely allied to native albumen. 1897 [see phytalbumose]. |