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saxitoxin

[ sak-si-tok-sin ]

noun

  1. a powerful neurotoxin, C 1 0 H 1 7 N 7 O 4 , produced by the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax catenella, the causative agent of red tide.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of saxitoxin1

1960–65; < New Latin Saxi ( domus ), a clam genus infected by the dinoflagellates (equivalent to Latin sax ( um ) stone + -i- -i- + domus house) + toxin

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saxifrage familySaxo Grammaticus