CIGUATERA


Meaning of CIGUATERA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsē-gwə-ˈter-ə, ˌsi- ]

noun

Etymology: American Spanish, from ciguato person ill with ciguatera, perhaps from cigua sea snail

Date: 1862

: poisoning caused by the ingestion of various normally edible tropical fish in whose flesh a toxic substance (as one produced by some dinoflagellates) has accumulated

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