exocytotoxic

English

Etymology

exo- +‎ cytotoxic

Adjective

exocytotoxic (not comparable)

  1. cytotoxic outside of the cell that produced the cytotoxin
    • 2015 October 10, “Clostridium Perfringens Epsilon Toxin Binds to Membrane Lipids and Its Cytotoxic Action Depends on Sulfatide”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0140321:
      The lethal effect of Etx, characterized by sudden death and, in some cases, acute neurological signs [7 ], has mainly been associated with general edema, also leading to a glutamate-mediated exocytotoxic effect and neuronal death [7 –9 ].
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