English Explanatory Dictionary

maitotoxin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A highly potent toxin produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus, a dinoflagellate species.

Word forms

maitotoxin maitotoxins

Etymology

From maito + toxin; named from the ciguateric fish Ctenochaetus striatus, called maito in Tahiti, from which maitotoxin was first isolated (though it was later shown that maitotoxin is actually produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus).

Synonyms

MTX
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