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batrachotoxin

American  
[buh-trak-uh-tok-sin, ba-truh-koh-] / bəˌtræk əˈtɒk sɪn, ˌbæ trə koʊ- /

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. a venom, C 31 H 42 N 2 O 6 , obtained from skin secretions of Colombian frogs of the genus Pyllobates and used experimentally in neurology.


Etymology

Origin of batrachotoxin

1960–65; < Greek bátrach ( os ) frog + -o- + toxin

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