gonyautoxin

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noun

Any of a family of paralytic shellfish poisons used in the treatment of anal fissures

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Meanings

noungonyautoxin (plural gonyautoxins)

plural gonyautoxins

  1. Any of a family of paralytic shellfish poisons used in the treatment of anal fissures

Origin

Blend of taxonomic name Gonyaulax + toxin, Gonyaulax being the genus name of dinoflagellate plankton.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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