different between toxicity vs toxalbumin

English

Etymology

toxic +? -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?k?s?s?ti/
• Rhymes: -?s?ti

Noun

toxicity (usually uncountable, plural toxicities)

1. The quality or degree of being toxic.

Derived terms

Translations

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)

1. 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