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peptotoxin (pɛptəʊˈtɒksɪn) [f. Gr. πεπτό-ς (see peptic) + toxin.] ‘A poisonous alkaloid formed from peptones during digestion, and becoming decomposed later on, as putrefaction takes place’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1893).1890 in Cent. Dict. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 815 In the case of gastric digestion w...
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▪ I. toxo-1 (tɒksəʊ) before a vowel tox-, combining form repr. Gr. τόξον bow, in toxocampid, toxodon, toxology, toxophilite, etc., q.v.▪ II. toxo-2 used as combining form of toxin (cf. toxi-) or instead of toxico-, in recent scientific terms, chiefly of pathology or physiological chemistry. toxo-inˈ...
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