toxinosis

English

Etymology

toxin + -osis

Noun

toxinosis (plural toxinoses)

  1. Pathogenesis caused by a bacterial toxin alone, not necessarily involving bacterial infection (as when the bacteria have died but have already produced toxin which is subsequently ingested).

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