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ciguatera definition

cigua·tera (sig′wə ter′ə, -tir′ə)

noun

a type of food poisoning with severe gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, caused by eating contaminated fish

Etymology: AmSp < cigua, a marine snail

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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