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peptotoxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pep-to-tox-in
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A poisonous ptomaine found in peptones and in putrefying albuminous substances, such as fibrin, casein, brain, liver, and muscle.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From pepto- + toxin.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

peptotoxins (plural)

Questions

What does peptotoxin mean?
A poisonous ptomaine found in peptones and in putrefying albuminous substances, such as fibrin, casein, brain, liver, and muscle.
Where does peptotoxin come from?
From pepto- + toxin.

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