"Shiga toxin" meaning in All languages combined

See Shiga toxin on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Shiga toxins [plural], shigatoxin [alternative]
Etymology: Named for Kiyoshi Shiga, who first described the bacterial origin of dysentery caused by Shigella dysenteriae. Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Shigella dysenteriae|species}} Shigella dysenteriae Head templates: {{en-noun}} Shiga toxin (plural Shiga toxins)
  1. Any of a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, expressed by genes considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages.
    Sense id: en-Shiga_toxin-en-noun-D4sIAYZc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Toxicology

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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