ciguatera

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noun

A foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating marine species whose flesh is contaminated with ciguatoxin.

OriginSpanish ciguatera →
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Meanings

nounciguatera (countable and uncountable, plural ciguateras)

plural ciguateras

  1. countableuncountableA foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating marine species whose flesh is contaminated with ciguatoxin.

    While you've probably never heard of ciguatera toxin, it's the most common form of fish poisoning and creates a health problem for any population that routinely consumes tropical reef species.

    2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 7, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Spanishciguatera
  2. Englishciguatera

Borrowed from Spanish ciguatera.

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APA

ciguatera. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ciguatera

MLA

“ciguatera.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ciguatera. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ciguatera,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ciguatera.

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