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STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does staphylococcal enterotoxin mean? 

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

1. a soluble exotoxin produced by some strains of staphylococcus; a cause of food poisoningplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A soluble exotoxin produced by some strains of staphylococcus; a cause of food poisoning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

enterotoxin (a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa)

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

SEB; staphylococcal enterotoxin B (a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare)


 Context examples 


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)



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