ciguatera
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ciguatera
First recorded in 1860–65; from Latin American Spanish, perhaps from Cuban Spanish cigua, from Taíno “sea slug”
Example Sentences
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And his 1958 foundational paper on the causative agent behind ciguatera poisoning, a foodborne illness experienced by tens of thousands of people annually, has been cited hundreds of times by fellow scientists.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2020
Illness caused by eating fish contaminated with the toxin ciguatera is expected to rise with sea temperatures.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 9, 2018
Thousands of lionfish are eaten every year after tournaments, and there hasn’t been a single case of ciguatera from a lionfish.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2013
He took care of a family with ciguatera poisoning several months earlier.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2010
Eat one, and there's a good chance you'll get ciguatera poisoning.
From Time Magazine Archive
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