Ciguatera Definition
sēgwə-tĕrə
noun
A type of food poisoning with severe gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, caused by eating contaminated fish.
Webster's New World
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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