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Toxin
Toxin A poison formed as a specific secretion product in the metabolism of a vegetable or animal organism as distinguished from inorganic poisons. Such poisons can also be manufactured by synthetic processes.
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Poison
A substance that causes illness or death when eaten, drunk or absorbed into the body.
Metabolism
The chemical activity that occurs in cells, releasing energy from nutrients, or using energy to create other substances, such as proteins.
Organism
A living thing, such as an animal, a plant, a bacterium, or a fungus.
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Toxic
Poisonous.
Toxic mold
Toxic Mold or Black Toxic Mold is a term for various types of mold. Stachybotrys chartarum is one of the most common types. Molds release toxins primarily to poison other molds preventing from growing in the same area. A person can tolerate the toxins some molds produce in small quantities, but in larger quantities toxic mold can be a danger to human health.
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare but potentially fatal disease caused by a bacterial toxin. Different bacterial toxins may cause toxic shock syndrome, depending on the situation, but most often streptococci and staphylococci are responsible.
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Biological tissue is a group of cells that perform a similar function.The study of tissues is known as histology, or, in connection with disease, histopathology.The classical tools for studying the tissues are the wax block, the tissue stain, and the optical microscope, though developments in electron microscopy, immunofluorescence, and frozen sections have all added to the sum of knowledge in the last couple of decades.
Thymine
A nitrogenous base, one member of the base pair AT (adenine-thymine).
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A small segment at the end of nuclear DNA that becomes shorter with every replication of the DNA. DNA will no longer replicate beyond a certain point of telomere reduction.
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