staphylococcal enterotoxin

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   a soluble exotoxin produced by some strains of staphylococcus; a cause of food poisoning

   Broaderenterotoxin

   Narrowerstaphylococcal enterotoxin B

Questions about staphylococcal enterotoxin

What does staphylococcal enterotoxin mean?

staphylococcal enterotoxin means "a soluble exotoxin produced by some strains of staphylococcus; a cause of food poisoning".

Is staphylococcal enterotoxin a common word?

staphylococcal enterotoxin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.