tetrodotoxin
Meanings
noun
- A neurotoxin, originally discovered in Tetraodontiformes, and found in pufferfish, blue-ringed octopus, etc.
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Etymology
From German Tetrodotoxin, corresponding to Tetrodon (tetr- + --odon) + toxin.
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