mycotoxin

English

Etymology

From myco- ‎ toxin.

Noun

mycotoxin (plural mycotoxins)

1. (biochemistry) Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.
   • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 6:

     They damaged his nervous system with a wartime Russian mycotoxin.

Related terms

• mycotoxic
• mycotoxicity
• mycotoxicology

Translations

toxin produced by a fungus

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: micotoxina f
• Finnish: sienimyrkky, mykotoksiini
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Mykotoxin (de) n
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: micotossina (it) f
• Polish: mykotoksyna f
• Portuguese: micotoxina (pt) f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: микотокси́н (ru) m (mikotoksín)
• Spanish: micotoxina f

See also

• aflatoxin
• ochratoxin
• patulin