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saxitoxin

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sax⋅i⋅tox⋅in

  [sak-si-tok-sin]
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–noun
a powerful neurotoxin, C1 0H1 7N7O4, produced by the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax catenella, the causative agent of red tide.
Origin:
1960–65; < NL Saxi(domus), a clam genus infected by the dinoflagellates (equiv. to L sax(um) stone + -i- -i- + domus house) + toxin
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sax·i·tox·in   (sāk'sĭ-tŏk'sĭn)   
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.

[New Latin Saxi(domus gigantēus), clam species (from Latin saxum, stone; see saxifrage) + toxin.]
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Main Entry: saxi·tox·in
Pronunciation: "sak-s&-'täk-s&n
Function: noun
: a potent nonprotein neurotoxinC10H17N7O4·2HCl that originates in dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyaulax found in red tides and that sometimes occurs in and renders toxicnormally edible mollusks which feed on them
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saxitoxin sax·i·tox·in (sāk'sĭ-tŏk'sĭn)
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.

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