WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sax•i•tox•in
(sak′si tok′sin),USA pronunciation n.
- Drugsa powerful neurotoxin, C10H17N7O4, produced by the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax catenella, the causative agent of red tide.
- Neo-Latin Saxi(domus), a clam genus infected by the dinoflagellates (equivalent. to Latin sax(um) stone + -i- -i- + domus house) + toxin
- 1960–65