Meanings
nounbrevetoxin (plural brevetoxins)
plural brevetoxins
- chemistryAny of a class of complex polycyclic polyethers that cause neurotoxic shellfish poisoning
Origin
From dinoflagellate species Karenia brevis + toxin.
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