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Endotoxins
| Medical Definition: | Toxins closely associated with the living cytoplasm or cell wall of certain microorganisms, which do not readily diffuse into the culture medium, but are released upon lysis of the cells. |
| Guide Notes: | /antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS; coord IM with specific bacterium (IM with no qualif) but do not coord with BACTERIAL TOXINS |
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