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ricin
[rahy-sin, ris-in]
noun
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
ricin
/ ˈrɪs-, ˈraɪsɪn /
noun
biochem a highly toxic protein, a lectin, derived from castor-oil seeds: used in experimental cancer therapy
ricin
An extremely poisonous protein extracted from the castor bean. Ricin inhibits protein synthesis in cells, and is used as a biochemical reagent and in cancer research.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ricin1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ricin1
Example Sentences
He was jailed in January at Liverpool Crown Court for three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder, and other offences including producing ricin, possessing terrorist material, and possessing a knife.
Police officers discovered ricin pulp and a copy of an al-Qaeda manual at Rudakubana's house, but did not find any clear ideological reason for his attack, so did not classify it as terrorism.
Three days later, the lab confirmed that the suspicious substance was the poison ricin, but the public was not told.
She believes it came into contact with the ricin.
Tests at Porton Down, the government's biological warfare laboratory, confirmed the substance was ricin, a poison for which there is no cure.
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