domoic acid

noun

A neurotoxin associated with some algal blooms

Meanings

noundomoic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA neurotoxin associated with some algal blooms

Origin

  1. tknドウモイ
  2. Englishdomoic acid

From Tokunoshima ドウモイ (dōmoi), a type of red algae.

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