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noun
A neurotoxin, originally discovered in Tetraodontiformes, and found in pufferfish, blue-ringed octopus, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, neurotoxicology, sciences, toxicology
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noun
a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: neurotoxin, neurolysin
History
From German Tetrodotoxin, corresponding to Tetrodon (tetr- + translingual -odon) + toxin.
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