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vomitoxin

noun
/ˌvɒmɪˈtɒksɪn/UK/ˌvɑmɪˈtɑksɪn/US

Etymology

Blend of vomit + toxin, named for the emesis it causes in livestock which eat contaminated grain.

  1. derived from toxicum
  2. compounded as vomitoxin — “vomit + toxin”

Definitions

  1. A mycotoxin, a type B trichothecene that occurs predominantly in grains.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vomitoxin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA