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noun Pharmacology.
a neurotoxin, C11H17N3O3, occurring in a species of puffer fish: ingestion of the toxin is usually rapidly fatal due to heart failure or asphyxiation; used experimentally to block impulse conduction potential in excitable cells.
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tetrodotoxin te·tro·do·tox·in (tě-trō'də-tŏk'sĭn)
n.
A potent neurotoxin, found in many puffer fish and certain newts.
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