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Webster 1913 Edition


Typhotoxin

Tyˊpho-tox′in

,
Noun.
[
Typh
oid +
-toxic
.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A basic substance,
C7H17NO2
, formed from the growth of the typhoid bacillus on meat pulp. It induces in small animals lethargic conditions with liquid dejecta.