"aflatoxin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: aflatoxins [plural]
Etymology: From A(spergillus) fla(vus) + toxin. Head templates: {{en-noun}} aflatoxin (plural aflatoxins)
  1. (toxicology) Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts. Hypernyms: mycotoxin Derived forms: aflatoxicosis, aflatoxigenic, aflatoxisome Translations (poison): aflatoksien (Afrikaans), aflatoxina [feminine] (Catalan), 黃麴毒素 /黄曲毒素 (huángqū dúsù, huángqú dúsù) (Chinese Mandarin), 黃麴黴素 /黄曲霉素 (huángqū méi sù, huángqú méi sù) (Chinese Mandarin), aflatoksiini (Finnish), aflatoksyna [feminine] (Polish), aflatoxina [feminine] (Portuguese), афлатокси́н (aflatoksín) [masculine] (Russian), aflatoksin (Turkish), afflatocsin [masculine] (Welsh)

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  "etymology_text": "From A(spergillus) fla(vus) + toxin.",
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          "food",
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        "(toxicology) Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts."
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
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          "sense": "poison",
          "word": "aflatoksien"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "sense": "poison",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "zh",
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          "roman": "huángqū dúsù, huángqú dúsù",
          "sense": "poison",
          "word": "黃麴毒素 /黄曲毒素"
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          "roman": "huángqū méi sù, huángqú méi sù",
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          "sense": "poison",
          "word": "aflatoksin"
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          "sense": "poison",
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  "etymology_text": "From A(spergillus) fla(vus) + toxin.",
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          "carcinogenic",
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          "mutagenic",
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          "teratogenic",
          "teratogenic"
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      "sense": "poison",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aflatoxina"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "huángqū dúsù, huángqú dúsù",
      "sense": "poison",
      "word": "黃麴毒素 /黄曲毒素"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "huángqū méi sù, huángqú méi sù",
      "sense": "poison",
      "word": "黃麴黴素 /黄曲霉素"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "poison",
      "word": "aflatoksiini"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "poison",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aflatoksyna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "poison",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aflatoxina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "aflatoksín",
      "sense": "poison",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "афлатокси́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "poison",
      "word": "aflatoksin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "poison",
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      ],
      "word": "afflatocsin"
    }
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  "word": "aflatoxin"
}

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