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STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soluble exotoxin produced by some strains of staphylococcus; a cause of food poisoning
Classified under:
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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