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diarrheal shellfish poisoning
noun
variants: also
diarrheic shellfish poisoning
ordiarrhetic shellfish poisoning
Medical Definition of diarrheal shellfish poisoning
: shellfish poisoning that is characterized by diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain and is caused by toxins produced by some dinoflagellates (as of the genera Dinophysis and Prorocentrum) and consumed in contaminated shellfish
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