SAXITOXIN

Meaning of SAXITOXIN in English

The primary toxin produced by dinoflagellate protozoans during blooms known as Red Tides in marine waters. The genus or protozoan involved in the generation of the red color in the water is Ganyaulax. Also see Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary. Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга. 2012

SAXITOXIN — noun Etymology: saxi- (from New Latin Saxidomus giganteus, species of butter clam from which it is isolated) + toxin Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SAXITOXIN — ¦saksə̇ˌ noun Etymology: New Latin saxi- (from Saxidomus giganteus , species of butter clam from which it is isolated) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAXITOXIN — /sak'si tok"sin/ , n. a powerful neurotoxin, C 10 H 17 N 7 O 4 , produced by the dinoflagellate …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAXITOXIN — noun Etymology: saxi- (from New Latin Saxidomus giganteus, species of butter clam from which it is isolated) + toxin Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SAXITOXIN — [sax.i.tox.in] n [saxi- (fr. NL Saxidomus giganteus, species of butter clam from which it is isolated) + toxin] (1962): a …
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SAXITOXIN — Сакситоксин
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SAXITOXIN — n. Pronunciation: ˌ sak-s ə - ' täk-s ə n Function: noun Etymology: saxi- (fr. New Latin Saxidomus giganteus, species …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RED TIDE — Date: 1904 : seawater discolored by the presence of large numbers of dinoflagellates (especially of the genera Gonyaulax and Gymnodinium …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RED TIDE — [red tide] n (1904): seawater discolored by the presence of large numbers of dinoflagellates (esp. of the genera Gonyaulax and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
САКСИТОКСИН — Saxitoxin
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