verocytotoxin

English

Etymology

From Vero (from Esperanto verda reno (literally “green kidney”) + Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “cell”) + toxin.

Noun

verocytotoxin (plural verocytotoxins)

1. Any of a group of toxins, found in some microorganisms of genus Shigella and Escherichia, that can cause acute renal failure.