Where does “aflatoxin” come from?

Aflatoxin is a 20th-century coinage combining afla- from Aspergillus flavus, the mold species that produces the toxin, and the suffix -toxin denoting poison.

aflatoxin (English): Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds...

Definitions

  1. Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds...

Ancestry of “aflatoxin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualAspergillus flavusspecies

Words derived from “aflatoxin

Every word from Translingual Aspergillus flavus