anatoxin, toxoid
(noun) a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin; “diphtheria toxoid”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anatoxin (countable and uncountable, plural anatoxins)
A bacterial toxin (usually an exotoxin) whose toxicity has been weakened or suppressed
• (bacterial toxin): toxoid, anatoxine
anatoxin (countable and uncountable, plural anatoxins)
A powerful neurotoxin, one of many toxins produced by several species of cyanobacterium.
• Anatoxins are only one of the half a dozen groups of toxins that cyanobacteria are capable of producing.
• (toxin from cyanobacteria): very fast death factor, VFDF
• (toxin from cyanobacteria): cyanotoxin
• (toxins produced by cyanobacteria): cylindrospermopsin, lyngbyatoxin, microcystin, nodularin, saxitoxin
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
