abrin
Noun
Meaning
abrin (countable and uncountable, plural abrins)
A toxin, akin to ricin, found in jequirity beans (Abrus precatorius). [First attested in the late 19 century.]
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Examples
Ehrlich interpreted this as immunization and observed that it was abruptly initiated after a few days and was still in existence after several months, but mice immunized against ricin were just as sensitive to abrin as untreated animals.
Ehrlich rejected inheritance in the genetic sense because the offspring of a male mouse immunized against abrin and an untreated female mouse were not immune to abrin.