STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A soluble exotoxin produced by some strains of staphylococcus; a cause of food poisoning

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("staphylococcal enterotoxin" is a kind of...):

enterotoxin (a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "staphylococcal enterotoxin"):

SEB; staphylococcal enterotoxin B (a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare)

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