endotoxin

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(thing) by MrFurious Wed Dec 27 2000 at 20:16:07
a poison formed inside bacterial cells and released when they die. The presense of these toxins stimulates the production of antibodies. The effects of endotoxins include fever, hemorrhage and shock.

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