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Saxitoxin

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Noun

1. saxitoxin

a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Saxitoxin

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noun
biochemistry
a poisonous alkaloid (C10H17N7O4) produced by dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyaulax that build up in molluscs and cause food poisoning in humans

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Saxitoxin

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noun
a powerful toxin that causes partial paralysis, sometimes found in shellfish that have fed on certain dinoflagellates (esp. genus Gonyaulax)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Saxitoxin

see synonyms of saxitoxin
n.
A potent neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates that accumulates in shellfish feeding on these organisms and consequently causes food poisoning in humans who eat the shellfish.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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