Associations to the word «Endotoxin»

Wiktionary

ENDOTOXIN, noun. Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies.

Dictionary definition

ENDOTOXIN, noun. A toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats