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