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Saxitoxin Moderate

Saxitoxin has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans

2

A neurotoxin, produced by some dinoflagellates, associated with red tides, that can accumulate in mollusks and cause subsequent food poisoning in humans

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
neurotoxin
Rhyming Words
xin axin zyxin fixin nexin auxin ruxin bixin mixin toxin caixin orexin dioxin plexin alexin ataxin fraxin lipoxin vinexin cenexin
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