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exocytotoxic en · ADJ

Etymology

From exo- + cytotoxic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Cytotoxic outside of the cell that produced the cytotoxin.
    • The lethal effect of Etx, characterized by sudden death and, in some cases, acute neurological signs [7 ], has mainly been associated with general edema, also leading to a glutamate-mediated exocytotoxic effect and neuronal death [7 –9 ]. 2015 October 10, “Clostridium Perfringens Epsilon Toxin Binds to Membrane Lipids and Its Cytotoxic Action Depends on Sulfatide”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: