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toxinosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tox-i-nosis
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pathogenesis caused by a bacterial toxin alone, not necessarily involving bacterial infection (as when the bacteria have died but have already produced toxin which is subsequently ingested).

Etymology

From toxin + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

toxinoses (plural)

Questions

What does toxinosis mean?
Pathogenesis caused by a bacterial toxin alone, not necessarily involving bacterial infection (as when the bacteria have died but have already produced toxin which is subsequently ingested).
Where does toxinosis come from?
From toxin + -osis.

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