"toxalbumin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: toxalbumins [plural]
Etymology: From toxin 'organic poison' (from Middle Latin toxicus 'poisonous', from Latin toxicum 'poison (for arrows)', from Ancient Greek (toxikon), from (toxa) 'arrows', from (toxon) 'bow') + albumin 'protein' (from French albumine, from Latin albumen 'egg white', from albus 'white'). The term was first used in about 1890 by the research chemists Ludwig Brieger (1849-1919) and Sigmund Fraenkel (1868-1939). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{uder|en|fr|-}} French, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun}} toxalbumin (plural toxalbumins)
  1. A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)

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