| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| saxitoxin |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sax·i·tox·in |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s k s -t k sn |
| NOUN: | A potent neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates that accumulates in shellfish feeding on these organisms and consequently causes food poisoning in humans who eat the shellfish. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin Saxi(domus gigant us), clam species (from Latin saxum, stone; see saxifrage) + toxin.
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