/sak'si tok"sin/ , n.
a powerful neurotoxin, C 10 H 17 N 7 O 4 , produced by the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax catenella, the causative agent of red tide.
[ 1960-65; Saxi ( domus ), a clam genus infected by the dinoflagellates (equiv. to L sax ( um ) stone + -i- -I- + domus house) + TOXIN ]