ENTEROTOXIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enterotoxin mean? 

• ENTEROTOXIN (noun)
  The noun ENTEROTOXIN has 1 sense:

1. a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa

  Familiarity information: ENTEROTOXIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTEROTOXIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("enterotoxin" is a kind of...):

cytotoxin (any substance that has a toxic effect on cells)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enterotoxin"):

staphylococcal enterotoxin (a soluble exotoxin produced by some strains of staphylococcus; a cause of food poisoning)

 Context examples 

Substances that are toxic to the intestinal tract causing vomiting, diarrhea, etc.; most common enterotoxins are produced by bacteria.

(Enterotoxin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This species is motile, hydrolyzes gelatin, produces enterotoxin, is beta-hemolytic and catalase negative.

(Clostridium perfringens, NCI Thesaurus)

A recombinant fusion protein consisting of the antigen-binding fragment of a monoclonal antibody directed towards the tumor-associated oncofetal trophoblast glycoprotein antigen 5T4 attached to a mutated form of superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin E (SEA/E-120), with immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Naptumomab Estafenatox, NCI Thesaurus)

Secreted by Vibrio cholerae, Cholera Toxin is a natural bacterial enterotoxin consisting of major components heavy A- and light B peptides (choleragenoid) that initiates a signaling cascade in intestinal epithelial cells causing a dysfunction of chloride channels, loss of water, and diarrhea.

(Cholera Toxin, NCI Thesaurus)