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EPSILON TOXIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bacterial toxin produced by clostridium perfringens; causes intense abdominal cramps and diarrhea that begins 8-22 hours after consumption of foods containing large numbers of these bacteria
Synonyms:
Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin; epsilon toxin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("epsilon toxin" is a kind of...):
bacterial toxin (any endotoxin or exotoxin formed in or elaborated by bacterial cells)
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