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| Domain | Definition |
Health | Octahydro-12-(hydroxymethyl)-2-imino-5,9:7,10a-dimethano- 10aH-(1,3)dioxocino(6,5-a)pyrimidine-4,7,10,11,12-pentol. An aminoperhydroquinazoline poison found mainly in the liver and ovaries of fishes in the order Tetradontiformes (pufferfish, globefish, toadfish), which are eaten. The toxin causes paresthesia and paralysis through interference with neuromuscular conduction. (references) |
Medicine | Inhibitor of neuron action potentials. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The effects of tetrodotoxin poisoning include shortness of breath, numbness, tingling, lightheadedness, paralysis and irregular heartbeat. Symptoms typically onset quickly, minor ones instantaneously. Death may occur in minutes and is the usual outcome. Although the toxin unbinds from channels as its concentration around nerves diminishes, the molecules are exceptionally potent and unbind only very slowly. Treatment usually consists of respiratory assistance. Nothing equivalent to an antivenom has been developed--presumably because the toxin acts quickly and binds with an affinity that isn't easily overcome.
Common causes of tetrodotoxin poisoning include the eating of the puffer fish known as fugu, which is a popular but rare delicacy in Japan and often contains significant amounts of toxin in its liver and other viscera. Cone snail stings represent another common source, which most often affect divers. Blue-ringed octopus, which inhabit tidepools, also sometimes contain the toxin, and people have died from their bites.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tetrodotoxin."
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| "TETRODOTOXIN" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TETRODOTOXIN" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tetrodotoxin | 23 |
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| Language | Translations for "TETRODOTOXIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
French | tétrodotoxine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Tetrodotoxin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | tetrodotossina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | テキスト終結 (end of text, rough texture, technetium, technetronic, technical, technical center, technical foul, technical knockout, technical point, technical term, technician, Technicolor, technics, technique, techno cut, techno lady, techno mart, techno sound, technocracy, technocrat, technoeconomics, technologies, technology, technology art, technology assessment, technology gap, technology transfer, technomist, technonationalism, technopeasant, technophobia, technopolis, techno-pop, techno-science, techno-stress, technostructure, teddy, teddy bear, Tektronics, tenant, tennis, tennis court, tennis elbow, tennis-wear, tenor, tenor sax, test, test campaign, test case, test driver, test marketing, test pattern, test pilot, test rider, testament, tester, testing, test-mail, testosterone, test-set, Tetoron, tetrachloroethylene, tetracycline, Tetrapack, Tetrapod, Tetris, texture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | テトロドトキシン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etrodotoxintay tetrodotoxina. (various references) tetrodotoxin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "TETRODOTOXIN": tetrodotoxins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-n-o-o-o-r-t-t-t-x" | |
-3 letters: extortion. | |
-4 letters: intorted, nextdoor, tetroxid. | |
-5 letters: dextrin, dottier, ridotto, tortoni, trident, tritone, trotted. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-n-o-o-o-r-t-t-t-x" | |
+1 letter: tetrodotoxins. | |
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| 1. Usage: Commercial 2. Usage Frequency 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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