anatoxin

English

Etymology 1

From ana- +‎ toxin.

Noun

anatoxin (countable and uncountable, plural anatoxins)

1. A bacterial toxin (usually an exotoxin) whose toxicity has been weakened or suppressed

Synonyms

• (bacterial toxin): toxoid, anatoxine

Derived terms

• homoanatoxin

 

Related terms

• anatoxinic

Translations

toxoid

• French: anatoxine (fr) f
• German: Anatoxin n
• Hungarian: anatoxin
• Italian: anatoxina f
• Polish: anatoksyna f
• Portuguese: toxoide m, anatoxina (pt) f
• Russian: анатокси́н (ru) m (anatoksín)

Further reading

• Toxoid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

model of anatoxin-a

From Anabaena flos-aquae (now Dolichospermum flos-aquae), the species from which the neurotoxin was first isolated.

Noun

anatoxin (countable and uncountable, plural anatoxins)

1. A powerful neurotoxin, one of many toxins produced by several species of cyanobacterium.

Synonyms

• (toxin from cyanobacteria): very fast death factor, VFDF

Hypernyms

• (toxin from cyanobacteria): cyanotoxin

Coordinate terms

• (toxins produced by cyanobacteria): cylindrospermopsin, lyngbyatoxin, microcystin, nodularin, saxitoxin

Translations

neurotoxin produced by cyanobacteria

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變性毒素／变性毒素 (biànxìng dúsù)

• Finnish: anatoksiini
• French: anatoxine (fr) f
• Italian: anatoxina f
• Portuguese: anatoxina (pt) f
• Russian: анатокси́н (ru) m (anatoksín)

Further reading

• Anatoxin-a on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Anatoxins on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons