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toxalbumin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tox-al-bu-min
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)

Example Sentences

Etymology

From toxin 'organic poison' (from Middle Latin toxicus 'poisonous', from Latin toxicum 'poison (for arrows)', from Ancient Greek (toxikon), from (toxa) 'arrows', from (toxon) 'bow') + albumin 'protein' (from French albumine, from Latin albumen 'egg white', from albus 'white'). The term was first used in about 1890 by the research chemists Ludwig Brieger (1849-1919) and Sigmund Fraenkel (1868-1939).

Inflected Forms

toxalbumins (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

albumenate albumenize albumenoid albuminate albuminose toxaemia toxalbumic toxicity

Questions

What does toxalbumin mean?
A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)
Where does toxalbumin come from?
From toxin 'organic poison' (from Middle Latin toxicus 'poisonous', from Latin toxicum 'poison (for arrows)', from Ancient Greek (toxikon), from (toxa) 'arrows', from (toxon) 'bow') + albumin 'protein' (from French albumine, from Latin albumen 'egg white', from albus 'white'). The term was first used in about 1890 by the research chemists Ludwig Brieger (1849-1919) and Sigmund Fraenkel (1868-1939).

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