staphylococcal enterotoxin

English Thesaurus

1. a soluble exotoxin produced by some strains of staphylococcus; a cause of food poisoning (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	enterotoxin,
definition	:	a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	seb, staphylococcal enterotoxin b,
definition	:	a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare (noun.substance)