noun
- Toxins or poisons that destroy red blood cells or damage blood tissue; substances that cause hemolysis or blood poisoning.
Usage: plural form of hemotoxin; technical/medical term; also spelled haemotoxins in British English
Examples
- Snake venom contains hemotoxins that break down red blood cells.
- Certain bacterial hemotoxins can cause severe anemia in infected patients.
- The laboratory tested the serum for the presence of hemotoxins.
- Hemotoxins produced by some pathogens lead to hemolytic anemia.
- Researchers studied how hemotoxins affect blood cell integrity.