endotoxin
noun
en·do·tox·in
ˌen-dō-ˈtäk-sən 
: a toxic heat-stable lipopolysaccharide substance present in the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria that is released from the cell upon lysis
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One product contained endotoxin – a toxic substance produced by bacteria – suggesting that it was contaminated with microbes.
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C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
One sample had evidence of endotoxin, a poisonous substance found in E. coli and other bacteria that can cause infections in humans.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Aug. 2024
Many times, these procedures cause more harm than good, producing endotoxins, bacteria, and bacterial byproducts that can be a source of chronic inflammation and toxicity.
—Tracy Yochum, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
Yet, today, LAL remains the dominant technology for detecting endotoxins in medicine.
—Kristoffer Whitney, Fortune Well, 13 Oct. 2023
The bacteria releases an endotoxin into the host's body, leading the host to go into septic shock.
—Bellamy Richardson, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
Lipopolysaccharide is a fancy scientific term for an endotoxin that is a major component of the walls of certain bacteria.
—Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 15 June 2020
Study subjects injected with the endotoxin were given T-shirts to wear over a few hours to capture their body odor.
—Sarah Everts, Time, 21 July 2021
When a panel of people smelled the collection T-shirts, panelists found the body odor of people whose immune systems had been activated by the endotoxin to be more aversive than normal body odor.
—Sarah Everts, Time, 21 July 2021
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C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
One sample had evidence of endotoxin, a poisonous substance found in E. coli and other bacteria that can cause infections in humans.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Aug. 2024
Many times, these procedures cause more harm than good, producing endotoxins, bacteria, and bacterial byproducts that can be a source of chronic inflammation and toxicity.
—Tracy Yochum, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
Yet, today, LAL remains the dominant technology for detecting endotoxins in medicine.
—Kristoffer Whitney, Fortune Well, 13 Oct. 2023
The bacteria releases an endotoxin into the host's body, leading the host to go into septic shock.
—Bellamy Richardson, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
Lipopolysaccharide is a fancy scientific term for an endotoxin that is a major component of the walls of certain bacteria.
—Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 15 June 2020
Study subjects injected with the endotoxin were given T-shirts to wear over a few hours to capture their body odor.
—Sarah Everts, Time, 21 July 2021
When a panel of people smelled the collection T-shirts, panelists found the body odor of people whose immune systems had been activated by the endotoxin to be more aversive than normal body odor.
—Sarah Everts, Time, 21 July 2021
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endotoxin
noun
en·do·tox·in
ˌen-dō-ˈtäk-sən
: a toxin of internal origin
specifically
: a poisonous substance present in bacteria (as the causative agent of typhoid fever) but separable from the cell body only on its disintegration compare exotoxin
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