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HEPATOTOXIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatotoxin mean? 

HEPATOTOXIN (noun)
  The noun HEPATOTOXIN has 1 sense:

1. any toxin that affects the liverplay

  Familiarity information: HEPATOTOXIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEPATOTOXIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any toxin that affects the liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hepatotoxin" is a kind of...):

toxin (a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species)

Derivation:

hepatotoxic (toxic to the liver)


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