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Definition of Exotoxic
1. exotoxin [adj] - See also: exotoxin
Medical Definition of Exotoxic
1. 1. Relating to an exotoxin. 2. Relating to the introduction of an exogenous poison or toxin. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exotoxic
Literary usage of Exotoxic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Medica by Douglas Chalmers Watson (1900)
"Toxic action of various kinds claims a more detailed notice. We may venture to
divide these toxic agencies as follows:— 1. exotoxic—alcoholic ..."
2. Principles of Immunology by Howard Thomas Karsner, Enrique Eduardo Ecker (1921)
"... the dysentery bacillus (Shiga) produces a thermolabile exotoxin and a thermostable
endotoxin, the latter not being neutralized by anti-exotoxic serum. ..."
3. Focal Infection: The Lane Medical Lectures by Frank Billings (1916)
"The specific neutralization of the poison excreted by the exotoxic bacillus of
diphtheria and bacillus of tetanus, when the respective antitoxic serum is ..."
4. Vaccine Therapy in General Practice by George Henry Sherman (1916)
"In infections caused by exotoxic organisms such as the diphtheria and tetanus
bacilli, distinct antitoxins are formed as the principal immunizing factors. ..."
5. Principles of Immunology by Howard Thomas Karsner, Enrique Eduardo Ecker (1921)
"The most toxic varieties are those of Shiga and Kruse, and their toxins are not
only endotoxic but also exotoxic in nature, a fact clearly established by ..."
6. Infectious Diseases by James Cornelius Wilson, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"... serums it is the whole culture, containing all the products, endotoxic as well
as exotoxic. Upon purely theoretical grounds this should afford an ..."
7. Applied immunology by Benjamin A. Thomas, Robert Henry Ivy (1916)
"Moreover, it was realized that exotoxic bacteria were adaptable chiefly to passive,
and endotoxic bacteria to active, immunization. ..."
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