TETRODOTOXIN

tetrodotoxin

(noun) a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tetrodotoxin (countable and uncountable, plural tetrodotoxins)

(neurotoxin) A neurotoxin, originally discovered in Tetraodontiformes, and found in pufferfish, blue-ringed octopus, etc.

Synonyms

• TTX (abbreviation)

Source: Wiktionary



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