English

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

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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.

Usage notes

• Anatoxins are only one of the half a dozen groups of toxins that cyanobacteria are capable of producing.

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

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