Ciguatera Definition

sēgwə-tĕrə
noun
A type of food poisoning with severe gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, caused by eating contaminated fish.
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Origin of Ciguatera

  • American Spanish from ciguato one poisoned (with ciguatoxin) from cigua, sigua snail perhaps of Arawakan origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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