Home › Words › T › toxinosistoxinosistoxinosis · noun — pathogenesis caused by a bacterial toxin alone, not necessarily involving bacterial infection (as when the bacteria have died but have already produced toxin which is subsequently ingested).Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, toxinosis ranks #17,060 of 43,225 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom toxin + -osis.nounPathogenesis caused by a bacterial toxin alone, not necessarily involving bacterial infection (as when the bacteria have died but have already produced toxin which is subsequently ingested).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).