Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ciguatoxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cigua-tox-in
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several closely related toxins, having a complex structure including a row of thirteen connected heterocyclic rings, produced by algae that are eaten by many fish; causes ciguatera poisoning in humans.

Etymology

From ciguatera + toxin.

Inflected Forms

ciguatoxins (plural)

Synonyms

ciguateratoxin

Questions

What does ciguatoxin mean?: Any of several closely related toxins, having a complex structure including a row of thirteen connected heterocyclic rings, produced by algae that are eaten by many fish; causes ciguatera poisoning in humans.
Where does ciguatoxin come from?: From ciguatera + toxin.

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