toksīns

Latvian

From toksisks; clearly not formed in Latvian, but borrowed as such from some other European language.

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toksīns m (1st declension)

toxin (toxic substance produced by pathogenic bacteria, or certain plants, animals)
botulisma nūjiņas veido ļoti izturīgas sporas un producē stipras iedarbības toksīnu ― botulism bacillus forms highly resistant spores and produces a highly potent toxin

cīņā pret intoksikāciju ir svarīgi neitralizēt organismā esošos toksīnus un izvadīt tos ― in the fight against intoxication it is important to neutralize the toxins present in the body and (then) to eliminate them

Declension of toksīns (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	toksīns	toksīni
genitive (ģenitīvs)	toksīna	toksīnu
dative (datīvs)	toksīnam	toksīniem
accusative (akuzatīvs)	toksīnu	toksīnus
instrumental (instrumentālis)	toksīnu	toksīniem
locative (lokatīvs)	toksīnā	toksīnos
vocative (vokatīvs)	toksīn	toksīni