different between poisonous vs toxalbumin
poisonous
English
Etymology
From Middle English poisounous, poysonouse, equivalent to poison +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??z?n?s/, /?p??zn?s/
Adjective
poisonous (comparative more poisonous, superlative most poisonous)
- Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.
- Synonyms: poisoned, toxic, venomous, (dialectal or archaic) attery
- Antonyms: nonpoisonous, unpoisonous
- (figuratively) Negative, harmful.
- Synonym: toxic
Usage notes
Some speakers make a distinction between poisonous (releasing toxins when eaten), and venomous (releasing toxins (known as venom in this case) by biting a target), especially in non-colloquial speech.
Derived terms
Translations
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toxalbumin
English
Etymology
From toxin 'organic poison' (from Middle Latin toxicus 'poisonous', from Latin toxicum 'poison (for arrows)', from Ancient Greek (toxikon), from (toxa) 'arrows', from (toxon) 'bow') + albumin 'protein' (from French albumine, from Latin albumen 'egg white', from albus 'white').The term was first used in about 1890 by the research chemists Ludwig Brieger (1849-1919) and Sigmund Fraenkel (1868-1939).
Noun
toxalbumin (plural toxalbumins)
- A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)
- Certain plants, viperine snake venom, resin and various bacteria contain toxalbumins
Related terms
- toxaemia
- toxicity
- toxicogenic
- toxicology
- toxicomania
- toxicophobia
- toxicosis
- toxisterol
- toxophil
- toxoplasmosis
- albumenate
- albumenize
- albumenoid
- albuminate
- albuminose
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