| Medical Definition: |
Specific substances elaborated by plants, microorganisms or animals that cause damage to the skin; they may be proteins or other specific factors or substances; constituents of spider, jellyfish or other venoms cause dermonecrosis and certain bacteria synthesize dermolytic agents. |
| Guide Notes: |
/antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS; coord IM with source of dermotoxin (IM or NIM); do not use for dermatoxicity of various chemicals & drugs ( = SKIN /drug eff or skin dis heading /chem ind + Cat D term /adv eff-pois-tox) |
| Also Called: |
Epidermotoxins |
| Previously Indexed: |
Skin (1966-1977),Toxins (1966-1977),specific skin heading (1966-1977) |
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