tetrodotoxin

English

Etymology

From German Tetrodotoxin, corresponding to Tetrodon (tetr- +‎ -odon) + toxin.

Noun

tetrodotoxin (countable and uncountable, plural tetrodotoxins)

1. (neurotoxicology) A neurotoxin, originally discovered in Tetraodontiformes, and found in pufferfish, blue-ringed octopus, etc.
   • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 118:

     Both creatures belong to a large pan-tropical order of fish, many of which have tetrodotoxin in their skin, liver, ovaries, and intestines.

   • 2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known.

Synonyms

• TTX (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• TTX (abbreviation)

Translations

neurotoxin

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 河豚毒素 (ho⁴ tyun⁴ duk⁶ sou³)

  Mandarin: 河豚毒素 (zh) (hétún dúsù)

• Finnish: tetrodotoksiini
• French: tétrodotoxine (fr) f