Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gliotoxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gliotox-in
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mycotoxin, originally isolated from Albifimbria verrucaria (syn. Gliocladium fimbriatum), that causes apoptosis of certain cells.

Etymology

From the fungi species Gliocladium fimbriatum + toxin.

Inflected Forms

gliotoxins (plural)

Derived Forms

acetylgliotoxin

Questions

What does gliotoxin mean?: A mycotoxin, originally isolated from Albifimbria verrucaria (syn. Gliocladium fimbriatum), that causes apoptosis of certain cells.
Where does gliotoxin come from?: From the fungi species Gliocladium fimbriatum + toxin.

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