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
endotoxic
ˌen-dō-ˈtäk-sik
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web 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 Because the endotoxin wasn’t actually attached to a pathogen, the study subjects’ immune systems eventually settled down. Sarah Everts, Time, 21 July 2021 The product is refined and sold as endotoxin test kits to pharmaceutical companies. Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020 While other tests exist like synthetic LAL and a human blood test, LAL bacterial endotoxin testing is the gold standard, Hoffmeister said. Doug Fraser, USA TODAY, 16 June 2020 Half were trained in the Method, then they all were injected with an endotoxin that caused fevers, chills, and headaches. Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 27 Jan. 2020 See More
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 Because the endotoxin wasn’t actually attached to a pathogen, the study subjects’ immune systems eventually settled down. Sarah Everts, Time, 21 July 2021 The product is refined and sold as endotoxin test kits to pharmaceutical companies. Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020 While other tests exist like synthetic LAL and a human blood test, LAL bacterial endotoxin testing is the gold standard, Hoffmeister said. Doug Fraser, USA TODAY, 16 June 2020 Half were trained in the Method, then they all were injected with an endotoxin that caused fevers, chills, and headaches. Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 27 Jan. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary
First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
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