Medical Definition of Ectotoxin

1. Toxin released from gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria as opposed to endotoxins that form part of the cell wall. Examples are cholera, pertussis and diphtheria toxins. Usually specific and highly toxic. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectotoxin

ectorganism
ectosarc
ectosarc
ectosarcs
ectoscopy
ectosteal
ectostosis
ectosymbiont
ectosymbiosis
ectotherm
ectotherm
ectothermic
ectothermic
ectotherms
ectothrix
ectotoxin (current term)
ectotrophic
ectotrophic
ectotrophoblastic cavity
ectozoa
ectozoan
ectozoans
ectozoic
ectozoic
ectozoon
ectozoon
ectro-
ectrocheiry
ectrodactyly
ectrodactyly

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