toxigenic
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˌtɒksɪˈdʒɛnɪk/
- Specialized
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toxigénico
- Food, in general, can be the source of illness, commonly from salmonella and recently from toxigenic E. coli.
- toxigenic V. cholerae
Examples
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We examined the effects of water quality factors on the presence of toxigenic and nontoxigenic V. cholerae by conditional logistic regression after stratification for the site.
Academic text (2014) -
Toxic compounds are typically produced by toxigenic bacteria present in contaminated food.
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A number of toxigenic molds have been found during indoor air quality investigations in different parts of the world.
Academic text (2003) -
Previously, mycotoxins were thought to be important in human and animal health because of their production by toxigenic fungi associated with food and feed.
Academic text (2009) -
Approximately 70 percent of the people with confirmed exposure to toxigenic molds exhibit significant neurotoxicity.
Blog text (26) -
The genus contains several toxigenic species, among which the most important are A. parasiticus, A. flavus, and A. fumigatus.
Academic text (2003) -
Our data substantiate the presence of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment in Haiti.
Academic text (2014) -
The apparent introduction of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 in Haiti in 2010, after decades during which no cholera cases were reported, was unquestionably a public health disaster.
Academic text (2014) -
Fish other than shellfish, for example, often rank high as vehicles, but if vehicles associated with ciguatoxin and scombrotoxin (which are fishborne and affect only the few people who eat the toxigenic fish) are subtracted, the numbers drop considerably.
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Invasive species can include toxigenic microorganisms that threaten local ecosystems.
Synonyms
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4.0
Containing poison that can cause harm or death
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2.8
Containing a substance that can make you sick and can cause death if eaten, touched, or breathed
How Toxigenic
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
toxigenic = toxi + genic
The word is built from the scientific combining form toxi- and the suffix -genic, so the meaning is partly recoverable, but the construction is specialized and unlikely to be fully obvious to a typical B1 learner.
Etymology
The word toxigenic comes from toxin, which means 'poison', and the ending -genic, which means 'producing', so it literally means 'producing poison'. A helpful memory is that toxin once meant the poison put on arrows, which makes it easy to remember why toxigenic describes bacteria or fungi that make harmful substances.