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Toxinosis vs Toxicosis - What's the difference?

toxinosis | toxicosis |

As nouns the difference between toxinosis and toxicosis

is that toxinosis is pathogenesis caused by a bacterial toxin alone, not necessarily involving bacterial infection (as when the bacteria have died but have already produced toxin which is subsequently ingested) while toxicosis is illness due to poisoning.

toxinosis

English

Noun

(toxinoses) (wikipedia toxinosis)
  • Pathogenesis caused by a bacterial toxin alone, not necessarily involving bacterial infection (as when the bacteria have died but have already produced toxin which is subsequently ingested).

    • toxicosis

    English

    Noun

    (toxicoses)
  • (toxicology) illness due to poisoning

    • Related terms

    * toxic * toxicity