TOXINS

Meaning of TOXINS in English

Poisons produced by certain animals, plants, or bacteria.

English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012

TOXINS — Токсины
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TOXIN — Any substance poisonous to an organism; often restricted to poison s produced by living organisms. In addition to those from …
Английский словарь Британика
FOOD POISONING — Acute gastrointestinal illness from eating foods containing toxin s. These toxins may be poison s that occur naturally in plants …
Английский словарь Британика
FISH POISONING — Illness from eating varieties of poisonous fishes. Most cases are caused by one of three toxins : ciguatera poisoning, from …
Английский словарь Британика
BACTERIAL DISEASES — Diseases caused by bacteria . The most common infectious diseases, they range from minor skin infections to bubonic plague and …
Английский словарь Британика
ANTIBODY — ˈantə̇ˌbädē, -ädi, -tē-, ˈaan-, ˈain- noun ( -es ) Etymology: anti- (I) + body; translation of German antikörper : any …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANTIBODY — (n.) Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins …
Английский словарь Webster
TOXIN — /tok"sin/ , n. any poison produced by an organism, characterized by antigenicity in certain animals and high molecular weight, and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOXEMIA — /tok see"mee euh/ , n. Pathol. 1. blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANTIBODY — add. ·noun any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as …
Webster English vocab
VACCINE — suspension of weakened, killed, or fragmented microorganisms or toxins or of antibodies or lymphocytes that is administered primarily to prevent …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOXEMIA OF PREGNANCY — term formerly used to describe hypertensive conditions that can be induced by pregnancy. This term, once commonly used, reflected the …
Britannica English vocabulary
POISON — in nuclear physics, any material that can easily capture neutrons without subsequently undergoing nuclear fission. Examples of poisons are the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PLANT DISEASE — an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. All species of plants, …
Britannica English vocabulary
MALFORMATION — in biology, irregular or abnormal structural development. Malformations occur in both plants and animals and have a number of causes. …
Britannica English vocabulary
INFECTION — in medicine, the invasion of the body by any of various infectious agentsincluding bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoans, and wormsand the …
Britannica English vocabulary
CNIDARIAN — also called coelenterate any member of the phylum Cnidaria (Coelenterata). Mostly marine animals, the cnidarians include the corals, hydras, jellyfish, …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: LIFE-SCIENCES — BOTANY The politics surrounding the genetic engineering of plants became rancorous in 1999. In many Western European countries, trials of …
Britannica English vocabulary
ELIMINATE — / ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt; NAmE / verb 1. [ vn ] eliminate sth/sb (from sth) to remove or get rid of sth/sb …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VOMIT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN diarrhoea ▪ This makes it vomit and gives it diarrhoea , so you're …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOXIN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN cholera ▪ The secretory response to cholera toxin developed gradually. ▪ The first changes …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STIMULATE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fire/stimulate sb's imagination (= make someone use their imagination ) ▪ The aim of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHELLFISH — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Shellfish shippers are certified and each package of shellfish should bear the certificate number of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MECHANICAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a mechanical device (= using power from an engine or machine ) ▪ One day …
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FILTRATION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE biological ▪ Without oxygen Biological filtration ceases leading to increase in Ammonia/Nitrite levels. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVOLVE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES evolve a strategy ▪ The creatures which live in the river have evolved strategies for …
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DAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE big ▪ A previous California resources secretary proposed building bigger dams on California's …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ACCUMULATE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB over ▪ By then she had accumulated over two thousand hours. ▪ Their work, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOXIN — n. Any substance poisonous to an organism; often restricted to poison s produced by living organisms. In addition to those …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FOOD POISONING — Acute gastrointestinal illness from eating foods containing toxin s. These toxins may be poison s that occur naturally in plants …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FISH POISONING — Illness from eating varieties of poisonous fishes. Most cases are caused by one of three toxins : ciguatera poisoning, from …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

English Dictionary of Medicine

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