Taber's Medical Dictionary
enterotoxin
(ent″ĕ-rō-tok′sin )
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1. A toxin produced in or originating in the intestinal contents.
2. An exotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa.
3. An exotoxin produced by certain species of bacteria that causes various diseases, including food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome.
SEE: exotoxin
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Enterotoxin." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755061/1/enterotoxin.
Enterotoxin. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755061/1/enterotoxin. Accessed March 31, 2026.
Enterotoxin. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755061/1/enterotoxin
Enterotoxin [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 March 31]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755061/1/enterotoxin.
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