ALL meanings of tetrodotoxin
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T t - noun tetrodotoxin a neurotoxin, C 11 H 17 N 3 O 3 , 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. 1
- noun tetrodotoxin a highly lethal neurotoxin found in certain puffer fish and in newts of the genus Taricha. Formula: C11H17N3O3 0
- noun tetrodotoxin an extremely poisonous neurotoxin, C11H17N3O8, found in the puffer fishes and a genus (Taricha) of newts, that blocks the conduction of nerve signals 0