aflatoxins
Meaning of aflatoxins
plural noun
any of a class of toxic compounds produced by certain moulds found in food, which can cause liver damage and cancer.
1960s: from elements of the modern Latin taxonomic name Aspergillus flavus + toxin.
Information about aflatoxins
- It is a name.
- The singular form of aflatoxins is: aflatoxin.
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Hyphenation of aflatoxins
afla-tox-ins
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- aflatoxins is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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