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batrachotoxin

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ba⋅trach⋅o⋅tox⋅in

  [buh-trak-uh-tok-sin, ba-truh-koh-]
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–noun Pharmacology.
a venom, C31H42N2O6, obtained from skin secretions of Colombian frogs of the genus Pyllobates and used experimentally in neurology.
Origin:
1960–65; < Gk bátrach(os) frog + -o- + toxin
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ba·tra·cho·tox·in   (bə-trāk'ə-tŏk'sĭn, bāt'rə-kō-)   
n.  A steroid alkaloid derived from skin secretions of the Phyllobates and Dendrobates genera of South American poison-arrow frogs. It is one of the most potent venoms known.

[Greek batrakhos, frog + toxin.]
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Main Entry: ba·tracho·tox·in
Pronunciation: b&-"trak-&-'täk-s&n, "ba-tr&-kO-
Function: noun
: a very powerfulsteroid venom C31H42N2O6 extracted from the skin of a So. American frog (Phyllobates aurotaenia)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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