mycotoxin

English

Etymology

myco- +‎ toxin

Noun

mycotoxin (plural mycotoxins)

(biochemistry) Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.
- 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 6:
  They damaged his nervous system with a wartime Russian mycotoxin.

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Translations

toxin produced by a fungus

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: micotoxina f
Finnish: sienimyrkky, mykotoksiini
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Mykotoxin (de) n
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Italian: micotossina (it) f
Polish: mykotoksyna f
Portuguese: micotoxina (pt) f
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: микотокси́н (ru) m (mikotoksín)
Spanish: micotoxina f

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