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verotoxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vero-tox-in
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various toxins produced by some strains of Escherichia coli that are similar to those produced by Shigella.

Etymology

From Vero cell + toxin. Vero is in turn from Esperanto verda "green" + reno "kidney," as the Vero cell line is derived from kidney cells of the African green monkey.

Inflected Forms

verotoxins (plural)

Derived Forms

verotoxigenic verotoxinogenic

Phrases

Shiga toxin

Frequently Paired Words

Shiga toxin

Questions

What does verotoxin mean?
Any of various toxins produced by some strains of Escherichia coli that are similar to those produced by Shigella.
Where does verotoxin come from?
From Vero cell + toxin. Vero is in turn from Esperanto verda "green" + reno "kidney," as the Vero cell line is derived from kidney cells of the African green monkey.

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