saxitoxin

[ sak-si-tok-sin ]

noun
  1. a powerful neurotoxin, C10H17N7O4, produced by the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax catenella, the causative agent of red tide.

Origin of saxitoxin

1
1960–65; <New Latin Saxi(domus), a clam genus infected by the dinoflagellates (equivalent to Latin sax(um) stone + -i--i- + domus house) + toxin

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