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exocytotoxic

adj

Etymology

From exo- + cytotoxic.

  1. derived from τοξικόν
  2. derived from toxicum
  3. derived from toxicus
  4. borrowed from toxique
  5. formed as cytotoxic — “cyto- + toxic”
  6. prefixed as exocytotoxic — “exo + cytotoxic”

Definitions

  1. 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 ].

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