单词 | tetrodotoxin |
释义 | tetrodotoxin /te troh'deuh tok"sin/, n. Pharm. a neurotoxin, C11H17N3O3, occurring in a species of puffer fish: ingestion of the toxin is usually rapidly fatal due to heart failure or asphyxiation; used experimentally to block impulse conduction potential in excitable cells. [1910-15; < NL Tetrodo(n) genus name of the puffer fish (see TETR-, -ODONT) + TOXIN] |
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