medical Definition of ciguatoxin
:a potent heat-stable neurotoxin that is produced by a marine dinoflagellate (Gambierdiscus toxicus) and causes ciguatera poisoning in those who eat fish (as barracuda or amberjack) in which toxic levels of it have become concentrated;
also
:any of several related neurotoxins causing ciguatera
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