Associations to the word «Aflatoxin»

Wiktionary

AFLATOXIN, noun. (poison) Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts.

Dictionary definition

AFLATOXIN, noun. A potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne