saxitoxin
sax·i·tox·in
noun \ˌsak-sə-ˈtäk-sən\Definition of SAXITOXIN
: a potent nonprotein neurotoxin C10H17N7O4·2HCl that originates especially in dinoflagellates (genus Gonyaulax) found in red tides and that sometimes occurs in and renders toxic normally edible mollusks which feed on them
Origin of SAXITOXIN
saxi- (from New Latin Saxidomus giganteus, species of butter clam from which it is isolated) + toxin
First Known Use: 1962
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