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mishandle(dictionary)

toxin (iou) and mishandle (iou)


toxin (iou)



toxin noun. L19.
[from TOXIC: see -IN1.]
Any poisonous antigenic substance produced by or derived from micro-organisms, which causes disease when present at low concentration in the body. Also more widely, any antigenic poison or venom of plant or animal origin.
Comb.: toxin-antitoxin a mixture of a toxin and an antitoxin which is sometimes used in immunization.

mishandle (iou)



mishandle verb trans. LME.
[from MIS-1 1 + HANDLE verb1.]
Handle or treat badly, wrongly, or roughly; maltreat.
S. Weyman Solomon is old, and they may mishandle him. Atlantic Monthly The..construction involved is so commonly mishandled in current American speech and print. E. Pizzey He mishandled the cork. The champagne exploded over the table.