| enterotoxin | <microbiology> Group of bacterial exotoxins produced by enterobacteria and that act on the intestinal mucosa. By perturbing ion and water transport systems they induce diarrhoea. Cholera toxin is the best known example. (13 Oct 1997) |
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| enterotoxins | Substances that are toxic to the intestinal tract causing vomiting, diarrhoea, etc.; most common enterotoxins are produced by bacteria. (12 Dec 1998) |