PYROTOXIN
\pˌa͡ɪɹə͡ʊtˈɒksɪn], \pˌaɪɹəʊtˈɒksɪn], \p_ˌaɪ_ɹ_əʊ_t_ˈɒ_k_s_ɪ_n]\
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A toxin found in the cultures of various bacteria and formed from the bodies of the microbes themselves. Introduced into the body produces fever, diarrhoea, dyspnoea, stupor, and locally gelatinous oedema and haemorrhage.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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